[mythtv-users] Replacing irexec - calling a script with remote using ir-keytable

[David Watkins]

On 13 January 2014 09:48, birchley giles <gbirchley at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> I'm running Mythtv 0.26 on Fedora 19 x86_64. Because LIRC seems to break
> in new ways with every time the Fedora package changes I've baled out and
> started using ir-keytable as described here <
> http://atterer.org/mythtv-xmbc-remote-control-without-lirc>
>
> This works very nicely (especially when the key repeat rate is lowered)
> and I'd recommend it as a method, however I can't work out how to replace
> the irexec function I made use of with lirc.
>
> With lirc I used irexec to call a shell script in order to detect and shut
> down game emulators whenever a button on my remote was pressed. From memory
> the entry in lircrc looked like this:
>
> begin
> prog = irexec
> button = KEY_HOME
> config = emukill.sh
> end
>
>
> Has anyone created a similar function using ir-keytable or assigning the
> script to a keypress?
>
> Many thanks for your help,
>
> Giles
>

I think xbindkeys is what you want.

I've assigned a keypress to shutdown my frontend and configured my remote
to generate that keypress. It works well.

I'd help you more but I really can't remember how I did it.  I have the
following at the end of .xbindkeysrec, which is in my mythtv users folder.

"/usr/local/bin/mythpowerbutton.sh"
    c:58 + m:0x4
    CTRL_m

I'd have to resort to Google to work out what this does and you can
probably google this as well as me.

Hope this helps.
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