keytest - reports names of pressed keys
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Bugs
See the file TODO in the distribution for information on what remains to be done.
If you want to report a problem with the program, please send mail to this address:
<krzysztof@burghardt.pl>.
Provide a detailed description of the bug, the version of the program you are running (run keytest
without any parameters to display this information), the operating system you are running the program on
and if the program crashes, I would appreciate a stack trace.
Description
keytest ESE Key Daemon is a multimedia keyboard driver for Linux. With the 2.6 kernel series it can also
handle remote controls, as they are presented as keyboards. No kernel patch is required. It is a
userspace program that pools /dev/input/event? interfaces for incoming keyboard key presses.
Files
/usr/sbin/esekeyd - main binary (daemon)
/usr/bin/keytest - program that reports names of pressed keys
/usr/bin/learnkeys - config file generator
/usr/share/man/man1/{esekeyd,keytest,learnkeys}.1(.gz) - manual pages
Name
keytest - reports names of pressed keys
Options
Options:
input_device_name
input (event) device; if given turns off autodetection of 1st keyboard device
See Also
esekeyd(1), learnkeys(1)
Synopsis
keytest[input_device_name]
