29 Nov 2004
November 29, 2004 4:58 pm Generallibxklavier
Ugh. Released 1.12. And it really works with xmodmap (yeah, I tested)! By default, xmodmap is disabled – but just adding –enable-xmm-support to configure turns it on.
GNOME applets
Next thing to do is to perform major cleanup in gkb-new directory tree (remove xkb-based layouts, remove C code etc etc). Sure, I won’t do it till I discuss it with other folks involved in gnome-applets maintenance. BUT this is a minor thing comparing to the bigger issue I got. I would like to move all xmodmap data from gnome-applets to xkeyboard-config. And cannot do it without contacting the author. Yeah, you are right. This is about viral GPL which I cannot turn into MIT X11.
Hardware
Got my nice new mouse: Logitech® MX[TM]1000 Laser Cordless Mouse. 12 buttons. Damned xmodmap sees only 7 of them – even though server itself (and xev) sees all 12 (well ONLY with evdev patches!). Trying to realize where is the bottleneck – still stuck… Also, found lmctl. Nice utility, indeed! And it shows the mouse battery status! What about the GNOME applet for it? I always missed such a thing with previous Wireless MS Explorer… Unfortunately, ordinary user cannot write into /proc/bus/usb files – so I’m afraid I’ll have to dig into Project Utopia, Dbus etc etc etc. Scary business…