On Tue, Jul 03, 2012 at 06:52:21PM -0400, E Johnson wrote:
> Oh. Well, that explains why I can't get the keymap code, thank you.
>
> I guess that explains why it's a fix in the BIOS too, if the BIOS will do
> it.
>
> But I need the keymap code. Need to do CTRL-C and CTRL-V a zillion
> times/day, but the distance between CTRL and C and V in this keyboard is
> too short. If CTRL was an inch to the left, life would be normal &
> arthriitic effects would be reduced.
>
> Thank you very much, Mike.
>
> Liz
>
> On 3 July 2012 18:32, Mike Frysinger <
vapier@gentoo.org> wrote:
>
> > On Tuesday 03 July 2012 17:10:12 E Johnson wrote:
> > > I can run xev to get the keymap codes, for all keys but this FN key.
> > > Apparently the FN key won't give any output by itself, at least not using
> > > this method.
> >
> > many (most?) keyboards process FN in hardware. the OS doesn't get a
> > chance to
> > see it. so if you do FN+down arrow to get page down, it's the keyboard
> > itself
> > that is sending the "page down" key. the OS doesn't see "FN+down arrow"
> > and
> > translate it to "page down" in software.
> > -mike
> >