[mythtv-users] Remapping escape key to windows key

Tom Lichti redpepperracing at gmail.com
Sat Jan 24 17:29:45 UTC 2009


On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Phil Wild <philwild at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I have a dinovo mini keyboard that I am attempting to use. One thing that is
> annoying me is the Escape key is Function-Tab. I would like to map the
> Escape function to the Windows key. I tried in edit keys but it screwed my
> settings up. I could no longer escape out of anything. I eventually had to
> go digging through the database to fix it.
>
> Although using the edit keys menu in mythtv works the firsttime around, next
> time I start mythtv, the setting no longer works. When I looked in the
> database, all that was in the keylist field was a "?"
>
> Is it possible to do what I am trying to do? WHat have others done with the
> Esc kay on the dinovo mini keybaords?

Have you looked at using xmodmap?

Use xev to figure out the keycode, and then

xmodmap -e "keycode ?? = Escape"

You might need to play around with it, but it should do what you want.

Tom


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