filter-key(7)

NAME
filter-key, filter-keytrans : Generic key event translator

SYNOPSIS
filter-key: [<file>]
filter-keytrans: [<file>]

DESCRIPTION
This filter translates key events according to a set of translation rules. This can be used to remap a keyboard.

OPTIONS

file
    The name of the configuration file. If none given, the filter will first look for the file filter/keytrans in the user GGI directory ($HOME/.ggi/ on UNIX), then in the base GGI directory if not found.

CONFIGURATION
The mapping is specified through a simple text file, each line being a translation rule. A line starting with a '#' is a comment. Each line must contain 10 values in the following order:

modifier_mask
    Consider only the bits set here.

modifier_value
    The bits set above must match this value.

button_in, label_in, symbol_in
    If this is not 'KEY_UNMAPPED==0xffff', the button/label/symbol of the incoming key must match these fields.

modifier_changemask
    Change these bits from the original modifiers...

modifier_ormask

button_out, label_out, symbol_out
    The data that is then sent by the keymapper. Any fields set to 'KEY_UNMAPPED==0xffff' will be copied from the incoming event.

EXAMPLE
Mapping a symbol:
# Take any key that produces a symbol of 0x41 ('A') map it to ESC
#
# modmsk modval buttin lablin symin  modchg modor  butout labout symout
0x0000 0x0000 0xffff 0xffff 0x0041 0x0000 0x0000 0xffff 0xffff 0x001b