[Cialug] Keyboard Recommendations

Tim Wilson tim_linux at wilson-home.com
Fri Mar 4 10:03:08 CST 2011


Good point.  I was referring to the software that comes with the keyboard,
but yes, you should be able to re-map keys in that manner.

On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 8:47 AM, Daniel A. Ramaley
<daniel.ramaley at drake.edu>wrote:

> On 2011-03-03 at 16:57:32, Tim Wilson wrote:
> >A bit pricey, $80-$140.  It says Windows, so you probably would not
> >get the ability to program the keys.  But I would think the rest of
> >the keyboard would work under Linux.
>
> You should be able to program keys for any keyboard. Use "xev" to get
> the scancodes, and then teach your window manager what to do with them.
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