[mythtv-users] Key binding issue

C E cnidus.eudoxus at gmail.com
Wed Jul 20 14:12:06 UTC 2011


>> I have a key binding issue. I think I know the cause, but I don't have
>> the skills to figure out how to fix it.
>>
>> I know that keybingings are hard-coded, but I don't know where or how
>> how to get a list of those hard-coded bindings. Presumably this means
>> that the hard coded keybinding is the default if another binding is
>> not defined. I also know about the easy way of changing keybindings
>> through MythWeb. This has worked generally pretty well, but the
>> listing in MythWeb is incomplete because there is at least one thing I
>> cannot change.
>>
>> I have 'Backspace' mapped to the same functionality as 'ESC' in all
>> the possible locations in the MythWeb listing. But there are
>> situations where only 'ESC' will work to back out of a screen. For
>> example, while highlighting a recording, pressing 'I' brings up the
>> info screen. The only way to back out of this screen is to hit 'ESC'.
>> This is annoying because I have a mini-keyboard (Logitech denovo mini)
>> and 'ESC' is actually requires two key press (Fn+Tab).
>> Thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.
>> Cnidus

>I have run into the same problem and solved it by following the
>instructions on
>
>http://www.multimedia4linux.de/htpc/dinovomini.html
>
>to assign the 'stop' button (the one with the white square) in the
>top row to 'Esc'.

Thanks for the reply, but it is not an issue specific to the DiNovo
Mini. I have the same problem with a regular USB keyboard. I still
believe that it is a Myth issue and not a hardware issue. Any other
ideas?
Cnidus


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