Is it possible to change the keycode on a key?

riwaJR · 03-29-2009, 02:35 PM

I have a keyboard (A4TECH X7 G800) that features duplicates of the keys: +-*/´å¨,.ö and some more. The reason to this is that they can be used in games (they have convenient positions). But several of these keys require a trailing char (ü, ñ) or a space (^~) to print, which renders them completely useless in games.

I've been (unsuccesfully) trying to elimininate the need for these "extra characters" so that they would print immediately, but being able to change one, say "." (period), without affecting the other would be a much better solution.

I found this when trying to find an answer:

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A little background note: When you hit a key on your keyboard, the linux kernel generates a raw scancode for it (if it's assigned). Each scancode can be mapped to a keycode. This is at kernel level. X has a (quasi) total independent way of mapping keys: X reads the kernel keycode table at startup, then map the keycode to its independent keycode table (it's the same as the kernel keycodes but different

). Then each keycode can be mapped to a keysym, i.e. a string which represent a key or suggest an action. Thus to have our keys fully functional, they need a kernel scancode/keycode plus a X keycode/keysym. It could seem weird, and it is, but X developers have their reason to keep a separate keyboard mapping from the kernel. It's not difficult at all, it's only a quite tedious procedure.

from --> http://whynotwiki.com/GNU/Linux_/_De...assing_through

But I've been googling about reading raw scancodes and I don't get how to do it. It just shows cryptic C programs and such.

So how would I (if possible) go forth with this?

Im running Ubuntu 8.10 and I use a Swedish keymap.

Thanks in advance

/Richard

Ziplock · 03-29-2009, 09:15 PM

There is a tool called 'xmodmap' that should point you in the right direction. It's been a while since I played with this stuff, but the man page should give you a starting point.

Cheers

riwaJR · 03-29-2009, 11:14 PM

xmodmap needs either scancodes or keycodes. Since xev produces the same, both scanc and keyc, it will affect both keys.

vamped · 03-30-2009, 03:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Ziplock

There is a tool called 'xmodmap' that should point you in the right direction. It's been a while since I played with this stuff, but the man page should give you a starting point.

Cheers

You could install and try xkeycaps, which is a graphical front end to xmodmap.

riwaJR · 03-30-2009, 10:03 AM

Well thanks a lot for trying to help but if you'd read carefully you'd notice than neither xmodmap nor it's gui frontend will help me unless I can get my hands on some raw scancodes. Might not even work then.

If noone knows how to solve this do you know how to remove the necessity of the trailing space/char?