XF86Keys.

[Lowell Gilbert]

Lewis Thompson <purple at lewiz.net> writes:

> I have a funky keyboard with lots of buttons along the top (like Back,
> Forward, Stop, Refresh, etc.).  I use a number of these in fluxbox by
> defining them in my keys file.
> 
>   However -- can anybody suggest a way I can make the XF86Back key work
> in firebird?  Previously I have hacked the keyboard file so that it
> generates an ALT+Left (essentially back) but I wonder if there is an
> easier way.

That way seems pretty easy to me...

>   Maybe I should email the firebird developers and see if they would
> consider adding native support for this key?  I understand quite a few
> keyboards provide it now, through XFree86.  Is this a good idea?

You could try, but I don't think it will really help much.  Different
keyboards seem to generate different events for those keys (which is
to say, they're not standardized)...