keyTouch 2.2 user manual
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1. Q Program Choose Plugin Function z Play Pause Special action 5 Amarok Figure 4 1 Here you can select the action to perform when the key is pressed 4 3 Setting your preferences Because you want to work as comfortable as possible keyTouch allows you to set your preferences If you want to do this go to the Preferences tab Here you can set your Documents directory the URL of your home and search page internet browser e mail and chat program These values will be used by plugins The Preferences tab also contains a list of special action plugins This will be thread in the next paragraph 4 4 Importing special action plugins A special action is a plugin which can be executed if a key is pressed You can import new special action plugins by going to the Preferences tab Now you can see all currently available plugins installed on your system To import a new plugin click on the Import button After doing this the new plugin will appear in the list of plugins Click the Download button to download extra plugins from the key Touch website 4 5 Saving your settings If your want to save the changes you made you can click the OK or the Apply button at the bottom of the main window If you click the Apply button only the changes will be saved If you click the OK button the changes will be saved and keyTouch will be closed You can also discard the changes2. and close key Touch by clicking the Cancel button
3. key Touch 2 2 user manual Marvin Raaijmakers 25 July 2006 Contents 1 1 About this manuall 1 2 About the key Touch development 1 3 Contact 2 Introduction 3 The user interface 4 3 1 Key settings 3 2 Keyboard 3 3 Preferences 3 4 The application chooser 3 5 The keytouch keyboard user interface Using key Touch 4 1 Selecting your keyboard 4 2 Changing the settings of the keys 4 5 Saving your settings Ov Ot Ot CT 10 10 11 12 CONTENTS Chapter 1 Preface 1 1 About this manual This manual describes how to use key Touch 2 2 I the author of this manual and the developer of keyTouch think it is very important that software is well documented Therefor you can always contact me to improve this manual or to notice poor English This manual is written in ATEX to make it easy to modify and convert it to many different formats 1 2 About the keyTouch development KeyTouch is developed with a lot of care In these days where it is allowed that software contains bugs 1 strive for developing a program without bugs and spend a lot of time make this come true So if you discover a bug in key Touch it doesn t matter if it is a little one do not hesitate to report it and I hope you can forgive me You can report bugs at the SourceForge net project page http sourceforge net projects keytouch 1 3 Contact To contact me you can send an e mail to marvinr at user
4. lick the Cancel button if you do not want to change the application 12 CHAPTER 3 THE USER INTERFACE v Choose application Select the application b Development gt Games gt Graphics gt Internal Services Y Internet BitTorrent Download files with BitTorrent Ekiga Softphone Talk to people over the Internet Evolution Mail Read and write emails Firefox Web Browser Browse the World Wide Web Gaim Internet Messenger Send instant messages over multiple protocols Mozilla Composer HTML editor from Mozilla project Mozilla Web Browser Browse the World Wide Web L EP ek a A 3 J sD Application command firefox Figure 3 4 The application chooser 3 5 The keytouch keyboard user interface This section discusses the user interface of the keytouch keyboard program The Current keyboard frame contains the name of the current keyboard To change the current keyboard you select a keyboard in the list and press the OK button If you don t want to change the current keyboard press the Cancel button Chapter 4 Using key Touch This chapter describes how to use keyTouch 4 1 Selecting your keyboard The first thing you want to do is selecting the keyboard you use To do this go to the Keyboard tab and click the Change button Because you need root privileges to change the keyboard you will be asked for the root password After that a window will appear This window contains a li
5. ocuments Home page marvin linux box nl Search page google com External programs Internet browser firefox Choose E mail program evolution Choose Chat program xchat Choose OK Apply Cancel Figure 3 3 The preferences part button By clicking on the Information button you can see information about the currently selected plugin e User settings In this part you can set the path of your Documents directory the URL of your homepage and the URL of your search page e External programs Here you can set the programs internet browser e mail program and chat program you would like to use You can fill in the commands of the program or click the Choose button to choose the prefered application from a list For more information about choosing an application see section 3 4 3 4 The application chooser The application chooser is a dialog see figure 3 4 that will appear when you click the Choose button in the key settings part or one of the Choose buttons in the preferences part The dialog contains a categorized list of the applications on your system When you select an application from the list then the command of the application will be visible in the Application command text box This text box allows you to modify the command that you want to use Click the OK button to choose the selected application or c
6. part e Program e Special action These three options will be explained later in this manual Note that when you want to use a program you can fill in the command of the program or select the program from a list by clicking the Choose button see section 3 4 3 2 Keyboard This part shows the currently used keyboard You can change the current keyboard by clicking on the Change button As a result keytouch will be closed and the keytouch keyboard program will be started to let you choose the keyboard After choosing the keyboard in keytouch keyboard keytouch will be restarted For more information about the keytouch keyboard program see section 3 5 and 3 3 Preferences The preferences part figure 3 3 is divided in to three parts e Special action plugins It shows a list of all available special action plugins You can import a new plugin by clicking on the Import button and remove the selected plugin by clicking the Remove button To download plugins from the keyTouch website you have to click the Download 3 4 THE APPLICATION CHOOSER 11 e keyTouch 2 2 acala HevTouch seo e version 2 2 GPL e A e vos amp Key settings Y Keyboard Preferences a Help amp About Special action plugins Available plugins Amarok Amixer Chat Ea Download a Information Remove Import User settings Documents directory l D
7. s sf net CHAPTER 1 PREFACE Chapter 2 Introduction KeyTouch is a program which allows you to easily configure your extra function keys of your keyboard This means that you can define for every individual function key what to do if it is pressed KeyTouch version 2 is designed for Linux kernel 2 6 and is the first program of its kind that perfectly works together with kernel 2 6 If you want to use keyTouch on an older kernel except 2 5 use key Touch version 1 This manual will show you how to use key Touch 2 2 KeyTouch has two configuration programs keytouch and keytouch keyboard keytouch is used to configure the actions of the function keys set some preferences and manage plugins keytouch keyboard is used to choose the current keyboard and can be started by clicking the Change button in the Keyboard tab of keytouch Because you need root privileges to run keytouch keyboard you will be asked for the root password CHAPTER 2 INTRODUCTION Chapter 3 The user interface Key Touch has a main window divided into four parts e Key settings Here you can configure the function keys of the keyboard e Keyboard This part shows the currently used keyboard It also allows to change it Preferences In this part you can set your preferences to have full control of what happens when a key is pressed to work as comfortable as possible e Help amp About Shows information about key Touch and from here you can access
8. st with all available keyboards Select your keyboard from the list and click the OK button After choosing the keyboard keytouch will be restarted and the key list will contain the extra function keys of your keyboard If your keyboard is not in the list check the keyTouch website if there is a keyboard file available for your keyboard For list of available keyboard files go to Click the Import button after downloading the correct keyboard file A window will appear where you can select the keyboard file After this your keyboard will be visible in the list of available keyboards 4 2 Changing the settings of the keys To define what happens if you press a key you should go to the Key settings tab and select the key you want to configure from the list There are three options see also figure 4 1 for what happens when the key is pressed e Default setting This is the default setting of the key it can either be a program or a special action e Program The program you filled in will be executed You can fill in the command of the program or click the Choose button to select the program from a list of applications see section 3 4 e Special action A the selected function of the selected plugin will be exe cuted You can import new plugins at the Preferences tab 13 14 CHAPTER 4 USING KEYTOUCH Key settings amp gt Key Audio play pause RUNS O Default setting IXMMS Play Pause
9. the documentation You can access each part by clicking on its tab see figure 3 1 The main window also has three buttons at the bottom e OK Save the settings and close the program e Apply Save the settings e Cancel Close the program the settings will not be changed 3 1 Key settings The key settings figure part consists of a list of all function keys of the current keyboard and a frame named Key settings where a key can be configured When a key is selected in the list the settings of it will be shown in the Key settings frame In this frame you can select what to do if the key is pressed e Default setting Key settings 7 Keyboard x Preferences y Help amp About Keys Key settings Figure 3 1 You can access each part by clicking on its tab 10 CHAPTER 3 THE USER INTERFACE v keyTouch 2 2 walisali HerTOuUCch amp Y version 2 2 GPL u amp I soo eg amp Key settings 9 Keyboard 4 Preferences a Help amp About Keys Key settings E Mail a Key Audio play pause Messenger SMS Runs Default setting xmms Play Pause Were O Program iTouch Plugin Function Search Special action Amarok Play Pause Shopping Favorites My Home Audio previous Audio next Audio stop Media Mute Volume Up OK Apply 3 Cancel Figure 3 2 The key settings
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