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Re: enable keyboard special buttons



On Jan 27, 2008 5:17 AM, Bogdan Marian <mendingo84@gmail.com> wrote:
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Bogdan Marian <mendingo84@gmail.com>
> To: debian-kde@lists.debian.org
> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:09:54 +0200
> Subject: enable keyboard special buttons
> Hey,
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> I know this is silly :D, but how do I enable the "mail", "calc" and
> other similar buttons on my keyboard? i'm using kde 3.5.8 on debian etch
> and the keyboard layout is US

There is good information here:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_Multimedia_Keys#Assigning_keys_to_special_functions

The first part about finding the raw keycodes, etc. is probably not
needed nowadays. As the wiki says, multimedia apps often have
support for the media control key (mute, play, volume, etc.)

Many Window Managers and Desktop Environments have support
for the app launcher keys, and xbindkeys can be used in WMs that
do not have support.


Cheers,
Kelly Clowers


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