Re: esekeyd and triggerhappy (Re: RFS: triggerhappy)

[Stanislav Maslovski <stanislav.maslovski@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 01:14:21AM +0100, Stefan Tomanek wrote:
> Dies schrieb Jonathan Nieder (jrnieder@gmail.com):
> 
> > This information could be useful for both package descriptions.
> > (Maybe, for triggerhappy:
> > 
> > 	That is, this is similar to esekeyd but it also supports
> > 	<such and such>, allowing you to <such and such>.
> > 
> > and for esekeyd:
> > 
> > 	This package does not do <such and such>; for that, see
> > 	triggerhappy.  In the simple situations it does handle,
> > 	esekeyd is {simpler to configure | compatible with the
> > 	old funkey daemon | more conservative in its use of
> > 	resources | providing a different interface that existing
> > 	users might be used to | whatever}.
> 
> OK, I don't know esekeyd enough to include it into a direct comparison, but I
> tweaked my package description to better reflect the main aspects of
> triggerhappy and its features.

Just a note for completeness: although not properly documented, acpid
reacts to quite a few non-acpi events, including volume control
buttons and cd-related buttons found on many laptops (as of ver. 2.0.7).

-- 
Stanislav