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Title: Better usage of power and rec buttons
Post by: pmax20 on November 09, 2004, 07:52:32 pm: Hi, everyone

I just love reading e-books on my z6000 . I was wondering whether there's a possibility to use the power and rec buttons for scrolling pages, one page at a time.

Looks like Z reacts only when power or rec button is pressed for 3-4 secs. That leaves single clicks unused!

I tried mapping these buttons into JustReader (former opiereader), but it wouldn't recognize a single click on either on the buttons, although it does allow you to map any function on a longer click. Kernel assistance is quite apparent

Thanks in advance
Title: Better usage of power and rec buttons
Post by: guylhem on November 12, 2004, 08:26:18 am: You're right, this require kernel modification. In fact, using them for opie-reader was my #1 motivation in making a custom kernel (externe.net/zaurus/kernel)

Yet you not only need to hack the kernel but also .tbl files in /opt/Qtopia/etc/*tbl

I've not decided yet how I would map these keys, but I think I'd like to map:
power short press= lcd off (mp3 player, cell phone dialer, etc)
power long press = off

record short press= some key event
record long press=another key event

Then ppl could map these key events.

Anyway, I'm now as motivated as I was before, but I'd be interested in making these keys work if someone wanted to give a hand :-) Would you be interested in fixing the .tbl tables? The 6000 custom kernel has proper long keypresses support for every hardware key (address, calendar etc). All it needs is a good set of .tbl files. Then I'll go back into power/rec handling
Title: Better usage of power and rec buttons
Post by: saakmotu on November 30, 2004, 02:33:55 pm: I disabled the REC button as I found I was inadvertently pressing it too often.

I also mapped the "dot" button (the silver one above "cancel") to TAB.
Really helpful for when you want to keep the keyboard closed.
Title: Better usage of power and rec buttons
Post by: guylhem on December 05, 2004, 11:31:09 am: Update on keyboard remapping on sl6000: correctly documented /opt/Qtopia/etc/*.tbl files to make custom working mappings (fn+shit, etc.)

http://externe.net/zaurus/keyboard (http://externe.net/zaurus/keyboard)

Now trying to play with power and rec buttons - that will require some kernel tweaking
Title: Better usage of power and rec buttons
Post by: rrnwexec on November 04, 2005, 12:41:42 pm: What a fantastic idea!! Just wondering if the tweaking has been completed?

Thanks in advance.

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Update on keyboard remapping on sl6000: correctly documented /opt/Qtopia/etc/*.tbl files to make custom working mappings (fn+shit, etc.)

http://externe.net/zaurus/keyboard (http://externe.net/zaurus/keyboard)

Now trying to play with power and rec buttons - that will require some kernel tweaking
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Title: Better usage of power and rec buttons
Post by: guylhem on November 05, 2005, 10:06:15 am: hello

it was. power and rec are now used to scroll to read ebooks. Please flash guylhem 1.0rc4 and try by yourself :-)

Guylhem