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Title: How Do You Input Function Keys?
Post by: dproldan on April 14, 2009, 05:25:51 am

I need to press F10 for entering a program option (openMSX),  but I'm lost.  I've tried modifying keymaps and modmaps with no luck

  I haven't found the way either witht the zaurus keyboard or an external USB keyboard.

  Any clue?

Title: How Do You Input Function Keys?
Post by: Capn_Fish on April 14, 2009, 01:57:27 pm

You should be able to do it in your Xmodmap (assuming it's being loaded). Does changing other keys work?

Title: How Do You Input Function Keys?
Post by: dproldan on April 14, 2009, 04:18:42 pm

Yes,  changing standard letters work perfectly.  

  I supposed that pressing "Fn" + 1-0  would send F1-F10,  but it doesn't.   Is that the correct key combination?

Thanks

Title: How Do You Input Function Keys?
Post by: Capn_Fish on April 18, 2009, 07:13:49 pm

In your Xmodmap, you should have lines something like these (keycodes are random and almost certainly not correct):

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keycode 63 zero exclam F10 F10
The point being that the columns go normal press, shift press, Fn press, Fn + Shift press.

Does that help?

Title: How Do You Input Function Keys?
Post by: dproldan on April 19, 2009, 03:33:17 pm

Yes,  I have those lines in xmodmap.  I'm using that Jaunty zubuntu install.

  I've even tried to put "F10" at those positions on all the number keys,  unsuccessfully.

  Finally.  I had to map it to the right shift key.  But of course I can only access F10.   Unfortunately,  openMSX on the zaurus is too slow to be usable at the moment.

  I guess Xbindkeys has something to do with this problem.  But even if I kill it,  function keys still don't work.

Title: How Do You Input Function Keys?
Post by: Capn_Fish on April 20, 2009, 12:02:51 am

And all the other Fn key-combos work fine? I'm out of ideas then.

Title: How Do You Input Function Keys?
Post by: dproldan on April 20, 2009, 01:50:19 pm

nope,  no funtion key work at all.   Do they work for you?