[mythtv-users] mythfrontend keybindings

[Stephen Worthington]

On Mon, 18 May 2020 13:11:48 -0400, you wrote:

>On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 12:38 PM Stephen Worthington <
>stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 18 May 2020 12:05:19 -0400, you wrote:
>>
>> >On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 11:44 AM Stephen Worthington <
>> >stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> If p was being trapped by the desktop, that would be very unusual.
>> >> Desktops almost always use Alt- or Ctrl-Alt- keys for hotkeys.  And if
>> >> you do p on the desktop, you would hope that you would see something
>> >> happen as a result.  I am still on Xubuntu 18.04 and there in the
>> >> Setttings > Window Manager > Keyboard tab I can not see any single
>> >> alphabetic keystrokes, and no p key.  For the obvious reason that if
>> >> you wanted to type p into a field in a program, you really do not want
>> >> it grabbed by the desktop before it gets there.
>> >>
>> >> What sort of remote is it?  How does it interface with the system?
>> >> Does it have any testing software?  Is lirc running and grabbing
>> >> keystrokes from the remote somehow?
>> >>
>> >
>> >The remote is an Air Mouse as shown on the wiki:
>> >https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Air_mouse_rf_remote
>> >It's RF and connects via USB receiver.
>> >lirc is not installed
>> >Here's what I just did.  In Settings -> Keyboard -> Application Shortcuts.
>> >I added a shortcut to run mate-calc if I pressed my remotes >|| button. It
>> >created the short cut noting that the key would be the AudioPlay. However
>> >this didn't work as something else has captured the AudioPlay button.
>> >That's why mythfrontend can't set that button to pause.
>> >
>> >Jim A
>>
>> Ok, it is just a mouse and keyboard as far as the system is concerned.
>> So you should be able to use it in a terminal session and see what
>> keystrokes it is producing when you use the pause button.  Or install
>> screenkey:
>>
>>
>> https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/11/screenkey-show-key-presses-screen-ubuntu
>>
>> It should be available as a package:
>>
>> apt install screenkey
>>
>> When it is running, screenkey shows the keystrokes as they happen in
>> an overlay band across the mid-bottom of the screen and makes it easy
>> to see what each keystroke is.
>>
>
>Screenkey shows XF86AudioPlay when I press my play/pause button
>It's the same code that's generated on my keyboard with FN+F8.

That makes sense.  I seem to remember that mythfrontend does not
handle Fn-Fx keys.  Maybe they are encoded as more than one byte?  Is
there any way to change what keystroke the remote sends?  It may also
be possible to remap it at the kernel keyboard code level.  A quick
search gave me this page:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Map_scancodes_to_keycodes