switching modes without keypresses

[Robin N. <rob...@gm...>]

Hi all,

I would like to be able to switch modes for irexec without having to
press a key to do so. The situation is as follows:

I have several keys on my remote bound to actions for irexec, however
sometimes I would like to launch mplayer and have irexec enter a
different mode, instead sending control codes through to my set top
box. When I exit mplayer, I would then like to return irexec to its
normal configuration.

It seems from reading this page:
http://www.lirc.org/html/configure.html#lircrc_format that you can
only switch modes through a keypress, but I found it quite difficult
to understand.

Should I wrap the launching of mplayer in a script that kills irexec,
starts it with a different lircrc performing the actions I want and
then kills and restarts it again afterwards, with the normal lircrc?

Thanks for any help,

Robin