Re: [Lcd4linux-devel] [patch] adds keypad support for Crystalfontz 635

[C. M. <cm...@fr...>]

On Fri, Feb 24, 2006 at 10:12:38AM +0200, Mark Elkins waxed:
> For my purpose - I want to be able to locally manage some rack-mounted
> servers - look at various settings and be able to reboot or power down
> the box. I'm under the assumption that "Pushing Buttons" can be detected
> as events which can be used to trigger externally called programs on the
> server?

That's correct.  Anything that fits in an 'expression' line
will be evaluated.  That could very well be an external
program.  I've updated the wiki to provide some more
examples of keypad usage:

    http://ssl.bulix.org/projects/lcd4linux/wiki/widget_keypad

--Chris