F13-24 keys not working
auroraanna opened this issue · comments
What do you want
My F13-24 keys are not working dxhd. This:
WARN can not register a keybinding error="Could not find a valid keycode in the string 'F13'. Key binding failed." keybinding="F13"
is what i get when i try to implement the F13 key in the dxdh.sh like this:
## toggle mute
#F13
<command>
and then launch dxhd.
Why
This feature would add support for more keys and key combination which should be a good thing.
Implementation hints
i don't have any experience with Go or Rust.
The X library dxhd uses is unmaintained and seems to have bugs that make development process unenjoyable and stuff unachievable. I'll look into what I can do about this when I get home. Rust rewrite must fix everything.
Hm, it does not make sense why F13 would not work. It is defined here and should be working just fine.
Have you tried combining it with a modifier key, such as, super? Also, does F12 for example work? I do not have a system with Xorg around so I can not test it myself, which I am sorry for.
I've done some more testing. F1-F12 works perfectly fine alone, with modifiers and with keys. F13-F24 only works with other keys. They are not recognized alone or with modifiers.
Ah, okay. I think that is Xorg related then. As far as I know Xorg does not accept all keys without modifiers. Or that might be what I've seen of using XGB (the X library dxhd uses). I hope Rust rewrite will satisfy everything we are missing now.
What I can say about this is that F13 and above are usually not buttons on keyboards nowadays, hence it must be why XGB does not accept them without a specifier. I hope that makes sense, though it's sad some keys (other than those) can not be registered without a specifier(s).
sxhkd:
