Re: Multimedia key utilization under Linux. Another implementation.

[Aivils <ai...@un...>]

On Saturday 04 December 2004 19:09, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> 
> --- Aivils <ai...@un...> wrote:
> 
> > Hi All!
> > 
> > X - X windows system
> > K - Linux kernel
> > E - Events as well
> > 
> > INTRODUCTION
> > ------------
> > 
> >     xke is userspace program which is capable read
> > and recognize Linux
> > kernel generated events of input devices. xke
> > translate Linux kernel
> > events and send to X windows system. Main goal is
> > keyboar multimedia key
> > utilization.
> 
> <snip>
> 
> Aivils, since nobody seemed to react to your note
> which you certainly sent to enough places, some
> questions. Keep in mind I am one of the clueless.

I am not intoxicated by high technologies. Replay
inside 30 days is good enough.

> You wrote xke? Googling gets me foreign language
> syntax and an automobile made by Jaguar.

Yes i am author.

> I read your report and it theoretically makes sense,
> but practically what does it mean? I mean what can I
> do with xke that I cannot do now with Ruby?

As far as know actualy You are very consrevative and use
onl IBM PS/2 keyboards. Nowadays we have keyboards with
lots of additional , extented keys (me have 22 multimedia keys).
During year 2000 one of this project administrator
create Linux input event system. This event system
up to this day is used very rarely by some Xfree86 drivers
only. Exists keyboard tracker too. I decided create "one key 
press launcher". In production system we use only 3 keys:
Power - launch netscape,
Sleep - launch xmms,
Weekup - launch xterm, that is on PS/2 kbd.
Exists lots of small utils what cat do lots of "multimedia"
jobs. Sample: aumix for sound adjusting.

Nothing is ruby related, just historical bonds with this
project.

Aivils