[arch-general] ErgononmicKeyboardQuestion

[Ido Rosen]

On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 5:44 PM, Hunter Jozwiak <hunter.t.joz at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi guys.
> I got an ergonomic keyboard in exchange for a wireless keyboard that did not
> work. There are cool buttons on this keyboard that give you the ability to
> reply to emails, forward emails, control media, etc. How do I get these
> features to work with the keyboard with Arch Linux?

Those keys probably (if your keyboard is anything like mine) are
associated with specific scan codes / key codes.  You can use xev to
figure out which key corresponds to which code/signal by pressing
those keys with xev in the foreground.  Then, you can bind those keys
to specific actions/commands in your window manager / desktop
environment of choice.  (For example, I have my volume up/down buttons
tied to the appropriate amixer commands.)