Well, Nobody knows me, but I'm coming to the meeting on Saturday, so I guess you'll meet me there. Peter Clark wrote: > So I was on another mailing list, helping someone out with their "compose" >key, when I thought, "Hey, what else can I do with these keys?" I've got a >pc104 keyboard, which means three "Windows" keys at the bottom. The right >"flying Windows" key (code 116) is already mapped by default to the "compose" >key. KDE lets one create program short-cuts, so I started mapping my favorite >programs to the left "flying Windows" (code 115) key + mnemonic key, such as >"q" for "Quake3". :) But that still leaves that little menu key (code 117). I >don't want to map it to a menu, since I really don't use menus much. And, >come to think of it, there are other dead keys, such as Print Screen/SysRq, >Scroll Lock > I know that if you have a KVM switch (keyboard, video, and mouse) to use more than one computer at a time you can usually double tap the scroll lock key and then choose number 1-x (where x is the number of ports on your switch) to go back and forth between computers. It comes in really handy for me, I have two computers at work and three at home. >, and Pause/Break. Do any of you have creative/useful ideas for >better use of the keys? > :Peter >_______________________________________________ >Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >http://www.mn-linux.org >tclug-list at mn-linux.org >https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > >. > Hope that helps!! Erik M irc: emitch -- Hobbes: How come we play war and not peace? Calvin: Too few role models. /The Essential Calvin and Hobbes, p72/