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No. He wants to map some arbitrary key from his remote, using LIRC, to the shift key on his system. As far as I know, that's not possible. I believe lircrc format only allows shift keys to be used as a modifier, and not a primary key on its own.<br>
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Also note that LIRC only ever maps events to keyboard presses if you're running irxevent in the background. MythTV only uses keyboard keys for convenience. It does not actually send signals it receives from LIRC back out to the rest of the system.<div>
<div><br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Hmmm...</div><div>Thanks for this info.</div><div>So does this mean that my only option is to run irxevent then?</div><div>Is there a myth function/event that I could trigger by lirc that would not interfere with the current state of myth?</div>
<div><br></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I would use irexec to run "xscreensaver-command -deactivate". Can't think of any reason not to use irexec.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>
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