On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 4:27 PM, stardiviner <[email protected]> wrote:

> => On [2011-12-15 10:03:17 +0300]:
>  Dmitry Lavnikevich Said:
> > On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 9:55 PM, stardiviner <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >
> > > => On [2011-12-14 18:09:51 +0100]:
> > >  Julien Danjou Said:
> > > > On Wed, Dec 14 2011, Vitor Eiji Justus Sakaguti wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > For the record, I have never seen a laptop keyboard with a Fn key
> that
> > > > > could be grabbed by X. I suspect they are usually masks hard built
> > > > > into the keyboard, like "alt" used to be back in the day...
> > > >
> > > > My ThinkPad X220 Fn key is grabbed by X as XF86WakeUp :)
> > > >
> > > > But I admit that it's rare, indeed, that the Fn key can be grabbed
> by X.
> > > I tried, X can not grab Fn key.
> > > Is there other ways to grab Fn key ? Both Ctrl and Alt keys are used by
> > > other applications.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Julien Danjou
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> >
> > If X can't do it than awesome can't do it.
> >
> >  I can see the only way if BIOS on your laptop supports changing place of
> > Fn key to place it where you prefered it to be (like switch with Ctrl
> key).
> > For example as I heard there is such possibility for my Thinkpad SL400 to
> > swap Fn and Ctrl keys.
> Actually, my keyboard is not in laptop. Mine is PC.
> The keyboard position is like this:
> Ctrl Fn Alt [ SPACE ] Alt (Windows Key) Menu Ctrl
>
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Mmm... never had keyboard with Fn key for PC.
In that case i'm afraid it cannot be done - functional key works only
inside keyboard triggering keys to send different scan-codes while the same
key is pressed.

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