Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262052AbVELUGj (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 May 2005 16:06:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262059AbVELUGf (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 May 2005 16:06:35 -0400 Received: from smtp5.wanadoo.fr ([193.252.22.26]:47451 "EHLO smtp5.wanadoo.fr") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262052AbVELUGe convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 May 2005 16:06:34 -0400 X-ME-UUID: 20050512200633272.429FA1C0017D@mwinf0503.wanadoo.fr Subject: Re: Enhanced Keyboard Driver From: Xavier Bestel To: Alan Bryan Cc: Jan-Benedict Glaw , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20050512194805.52183.qmail@web53101.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20050512194805.52183.qmail@web53101.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 22:06:21 +0200 Message-Id: <1115928381.13672.10.camel@bip.parateam.prv> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 809 Lines: 23 Le jeudi 12 mai 2005 ? 12:48 -0700, Alan Bryan a ?crit : > > > > What do you actually want to do? > > > specifically, I am trying to write a program similar > to the old Sidekick program of the DOS days. A > "daemon", if you will, that will popup on the screen > when a predetermined series of keystrokes are hit. The > program will then do various things, like record/play > macros, calculator, calendar, programmer's guide, etc > etc... Then a keyboard driver isn't the good solution. You'd better write a userspace app which uses the XTEST extension. Xav - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/