Author Topic: SIIG Minitouch - Can the spare key be mapped? (Read 2814 times)

Harry_Y · « **on:** Wed, 09 June 2010, 07:53:56 »

I just ordered a SIIG Minitouch (GH version) and was
wondering if the spare key works or can be mapped?

Thank you!

didjamatic · « **Reply #1 on:** Wed, 09 June 2010, 08:04:06 »

Using AHK you can do a lot of things. There are plenty of AHK ninjas on this site that can make any key do just about anything.

002 · « **Reply #2 on:** Wed, 09 June 2010, 08:06:41 »

The key is discussed somewhat here

Harry_Y · « **Reply #3 on:** Wed, 09 June 2010, 08:14:17 »

Thank you, Now I'm like a kid waiting for Christmas.

It has been a long time since I had a decent keyboard.
(I foolishly gave away my Northgate OmniKey).

Recently I realized I really missed having a good
keyboard; this one should fit the bill very nicely.

Harry_Y · « **Reply #4 on:** Wed, 09 June 2010, 08:15:04 »

Quote from: 002;191236

The key is discussed somewhat here

Thank you

Reading it now.

chimera15 · « **Reply #5 on:** Wed, 09 June 2010, 15:57:18 »

Yes, I have them mapped on all my computers with sharp keys to the Japanese henkan key which drops a menu down and lets you select different types of kanji/katakana from what you type. Very useful.

http://www.randyrants.com/sharpkeys/

Harry_Y · « **Reply #6 on:** Thu, 10 June 2010, 18:07:04 »

It's been a long week .....

I forgot to mention that the box it will be on is running Linux

Edit:

in linux I can map macros, so I'll just wait until it comes in then try it.

Brodie337 · « **Reply #7 on:** Sat, 12 June 2010, 05:09:02 »

Google around, the blank key can be remapped using xmodmap, the keycode is 94 as reported by xev.

Use something like "xmodmap -e 'keycode 94=Delete'", put it in a script and run that script on startup.

Harry_Y · « **Reply #8 on:** Sat, 12 June 2010, 09:55:49 »

Quote from: Brodie337;192400

Google around, the blank key can be remapped using xmodmap, the keycode is 94 as reported by xev.

Use something like "xmodmap -e 'keycode 94=Delete'", put it in a script and run that script on startup.

Thank you

Harry_Y · « **Reply #9 on:** Sat, 12 June 2010, 14:21:23 »

I gust got the keyboard in today and I found the perfect function for my spare key

"Mute"

When someone comes in to ask me something I can mute my speakers with one keystroke.

didjamatic · « **Reply #10 on:** Sat, 12 June 2010, 15:29:46 »

That's actually a really good idea, one that I would use often. I remap capslock to ctrl so I have 2 left control keys and really like that, but I think I'm going to add the mute remap as well. Thanks for the suggestion!

Harry_Y · « **Reply #11 on:** Sat, 12 June 2010, 15:59:15 »

I'm really loving this keyboard

Harry_Y · « **Reply #12 on:** Sun, 13 June 2010, 19:36:14 »

My new mapping on the spare key:

Spare = Mute
Ctrl Spare =Vol Down
Alt Spare = Vol Up

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Author Topic: SIIG Minitouch - Can the spare key be mapped? (Read 2814 times)