[NTLUG:Discuss] Instant access keys.
cbbrowne@godel.brownes.org
cbbrowne at godel.brownes.org
Thu Oct 28 22:31:32 CDT 1999
On Thu, 28 Oct 1999 17:13:44 CDT, the world broke into rejoicing as
Steve Baker <sjbaker1 at airmail.net> said:
> A lot of keyboards are coming with some *really* dedicated
> keys that presumably bind to special software in Windoze. I'm
> talking about fluff like 'Instant Internet' buttons and things
> that turn the sound volume up and down.
>
> I'm not impressed with these things - but my wife *is*. She's
> been known to hound me about getting Windoze on our PC at home
> (presently a Linux box) because: "you can get on the Internet
> with just one button - without all the messing around with
> pppup and netscape".
>
> So, is there an easy way to tie either standard function keys
> to desktop functions - or especially - those funky extra keys?
> Bearing in mind that it has to work no matter which window
> the mouse might happen to be pointing at.
>
> Let's assume that X is already running - so it doesn't have
> to work from the Linux console.
You know, this is probably a topic worthy of a meeting topic, as
there are a few other "keyboard matters" that have been known to
turn into annoyances. It could make a good item for the
"Beginners SIG" if not a topic for full meeting.
Notable online documentation includes the "Keyboard and Console HOWTO"
findable at "better LDP sites everywhere" and comes up as the first hit
if you look for those words at <http://www.google.com/>
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