[mythtv-users] Controlling MythTV with Flirc: Assigning multiple buttons to same key

[Jay Foster]

On 10/3/2017 1:10 PM, Hika van den Hoven wrote:
> Hoi Ian,
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> Tuesday, October 3, 2017, 9:49:21 PM, you wrote:
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>> On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 3:19 PM, Jay Foster <jayf0ster at roadrunner.com>wrote:
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>> On 10/3/2017 12:13 PM, Ian Evans wrote:
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>> To my fellow Flirc'ing MythTVers
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>> Just trying to configure the Flirc  and I'm a little confused
>> as how to assign multiple buttons on my remote to the MythTV
>> keybindings using the Full Keyboard setup.
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>> For example, Both the left arrow key and the circular arrow
>> key in Myth are "left" but I can only assign the left arrow
>> key on the flirc setup keyboard to one button. Or how Pause
>> and Play are both P but again can't seem to do that in Flirc.
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>>   Or am I missing something?
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>> I had the same issue with the flirc that you are having.  IMHO, it
>> is designed backwards.  It should work where you press a key on the
>> remote and then assign which keyboard character (key) to use for
>> it.  But I seem to recall that the configuration was the other way
>> around (you selected a keyboard key and then which remote button to  use for it).
>>       Then again, I might have been doing it wrong.
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>> That's what I'm facing. If I load the Full Keyboard I can only
>> assign one button to, say, P. But both Pause and play can be P. I
>> know Flirc is supposed to be easier than ir-keytables but unless I'm
>> missing something terribly simple, I'm stalled.
> P is the toggle between play and pause
> ctrl-P = play
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> So put P under pause and ctrl-P under play
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When I tried using the flirc, I wanted to use the P key for more than 
one button on the remote.  The remote had more than one play and pause 
buttons.  Also, there are other keys with similar issues, such as the 
arrow keys (used for navigation, skip forward/back, etc.).