Re: Send IR commands using pronto codes directly with lirc

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Christoph Bartelmus wrote:
> PS. Let me know if it has already been done, because the closest thing I
>> could find on Google was some intent on writing a program for generating
>> lircd.conf settings from Pronto codes.
>>     
>
> Why didn't you try creating such a converter? Would be much cleaner.
>   
Sorry for the delay in reply.

I find such a lircd.conf generator inefficient. I my case, I have a big 
database of pronto codes for different devices and putting all of them 
in lircd.conf would generate a big config file. Then, each time I'd 
learn a new code, I'd have to regenerate lircd.conf. Now, if I were to 
go the lircd.conf generation way, I'd still have to account for a 
noticeable memory usage increase in lircd, right? That's why I made this 
the way I did, so I can send any pronto code I want, whenever I want, 
without reconfiguring and reloading lirc.