There was some dicussion about Internet keyboards a while back. Below is a
quoted message from Eric Estabrooks that could probably be useful to you.
<quoted message by Eric Estabrooks>
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use xev to find out the keycode/keysym the key generates. then map it
to a function in your window managers key binds. or use your .Xdefaults
to set it up for a particular program (like mozilla) (check man xrdb).
you can also you xmodmap to change the keysym it generates or set one if
it doesn't generate a keysym. sometimes you need to do this in order to
get the window managers and x resources to understand it.
free keysyms on most keyboards are F13-F35 (except sun's they use them
all but map them as R and L function keys)
use xmodmap -pke to see current keymap
example
xev output:
KeyPress event, serial 24, synthetic NO, window 0x1600001,
root 0x7a, subw 0x0, time 186438259, (135,90), root:(431,418),
state 0x0, keycode 116 (keysym 0xffec, Super_R), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 0 characters: ""
this keypress is from my right "window" key currently mapped to Super_R
keysym. it generates a keycode of 116 so to map it
xmodmap -e 'keycode 116 = F22'
KeyPress event, serial 24, synthetic NO, window 0x1600001,
root 0x7a, subw 0x0, time 186500446, (139,94), root:(450,437),
state 0x0, keycode 116 (keysym 0xffd3, F22), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 0 characters: ""
now it's mapped to F22
you can make a .Xmodmap file that'll be read in when you start x so you
don't have to run the xmodmap command each time (though depending on
your window manager/distro you might have to add a line to your .xinitrc
to accomplish this)
once its mapped you can bind it to an event in your window manager (such
as open a specific url in mozilla)
using .Xdefaults to set things is program dependent like this netscape
snippet and you'll need to google or find program documentation to do
this stuff.
Netscape*drawingArea.translations: #replace \
<Btn1Down>: ArmLink() \n\
<Btn2Down>: ArmLink() \n\
~Shift<Btn1Up>: ActivateLink() \n\
~Shift<Btn2Up>: ActivateLink(new-window) \
DisarmLink() \n\
Shift<Btn1Up>: ActivateLink(save-only) \
DisarmLink() \n\
Shift<Btn2Up>: ActivateLink(save-only) \
DisarmLink() \n\
<Btn1Motion>: DisarmLinkIfMoved() \n\
<Btn2Motion>: DisarmLinkIfMoved() \n\
<Btn3Motion>: DisarmLinkIfMoved() \n\
<Motion>: DescribeLink() \n\
<Btn3Down>: xfeDoPopup() \n\
<Btn3Up>: ActivatePopup() \n\
Ctrl<Btn4Down>: PageUp()\n\
Ctrl<Btn5Down>: PageDown()\n\
Shift<Btn4Down>: LineUp()\n\
Shift<Btn5Down>: LineDown()\n\
None<Btn4Down>:
LineUp()LineUp()LineUp()LineUp()LineUp()LineUp()\n\
None<Btn5Down>:
LineDown()LineDown()LineDown()LineDown()LineDown()LineDown()\n\
Alt<Btn4Down>: xfeDoCommand(forward)\n\
<KeyPress>F11: xfeDoCommand(back)\n\
Alt<Btn5Down>: xfeDoCommand(back)\n\
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</quoted message by Eric Estabrooks>
Mark Courtney
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> After I was forced to move to a new place recently, my computer's PS/2
> mouse port appears to have started acting erratically. I went and
> purchased a new Logitech Mx500 optical mouse[1] that I could plug into a
> USB port. This mouse has some extra buttons on it, and I was wondering if
> anyone knows how to fiddle with them in X.
>
> The mouse has 10 total "buttons", with the first 5 being the normal
> scrollmouse buttons. Two of the others are right in front and behind the
> scroll wheel and basically duplicate it's functionality (hold the button
> down, and you scroll up or down a page, for instance). There's another
> button on top that does nothing at the moment (though the
> pathetic excuse for a manual says it's supposed to be used for switching
> application windows like ALT+TAB). The last two buttons are on the left
> side of the mouse. At the moment, one of them scrolls up, and the other
> acts like the middle mouse button.
>
> It's not an awful default configuration at the moment, but I'd like to
> improve it if I can.
>
> 1.
> http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm?page=products/details&CRID=3&CONTENTID=4998&countryid=19&languageid=1
>
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