On May 14, 2015 5:53:22 AM EDT, Oon-Ee Ng <ngoonee.talk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 10:34 AM, Oon-Ee Ng <ngoonee.talk@xxxxxxxxx> >wrote:q ><snip> >> Firstly, regarding the gestures, here's what I obtain from xinput >> test. I've also listed which keys these correspond to. >> >> Left swipe:- >> key press 22 Backspace >> key press 133 Super_L (left Windows key) >> key press 37 Control_L >> key release 22 Backspace >> key release 133 Super_L (left Windows key) >> key release 37 Control_L >> >> Right swipe:- >> key press 54 c >> key press 133 Super_L (left Windows key) >> key release 54 c >> key release 133 Super_L (left Windows key) ><snip> >> How can I bind gestures to the above? Is it possible, for example, to >> bind keys to a specific input device (so for example I can bind to >the >> letter c but only from the mouse, not from my keyboard)? Or something >> involving xmodmap? > >It's been a month, and off and on I've been looking at this more. It >appear xkb allows per-device settings, but I've run into several >roadblocks. > >First, I can obtain the current settings using xkbcomp $DISPLAY >file.xkb, I then edit it to replace the letter 'c' with the letter >'q'. > >To test, when I use file.xkb (xkbcomp file.xkb $DISPLAY) this works as >expected. Of course, I then reset it to the original behaviour because >I don't really want to not be able to type the letter c at all. > >However, when I try to specify only a specific device (in my case the >bluetooth mouse on id 14), this does not seem to change anything. My >keyboard works the same (c does not change to q) and the mouse also >outputs c rather than q. However after trying to 'type' c on the >mouse, my keyboard then outputs q instead of c. This is despite the >fact that the keyboard should be id 11. > >This behaviour sometimes seems to happen the other way as well, a >change (c becomes q) in the id 11 keyboard may suddenly affect the >mouse, not immediately, but after typing some characters for testing. > >Does anyone have any idea what could be going on? Could this all just >be a limitation of trying to use xkb with a bluetooth mouse? I can't help you, but I am very interested in this problem. I have an old gaming mouse with additional buttons I'd like to bind. Perhaps there is a way to do this without the keyboard? There must be a way to define a new button for a mouse. Or perhaps there's a way to do this without X. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
