idea: keybindings

[Dan Fulbright]

Speaking of key bindings, I know you can easily map one key to another,
but I'm having problems trying to figure out key names in Windows.  On my
Linux box (my VNC viewer), I can run xev to show me key names, but I don't
know of a similar program for Windows (my VNC server).  What I want is to
be able to hit the Windows key on my Linux machine, and it bring up the
start menu on my Windows machine.  I know I could just use Ctrl-Esc (which
works fine), but I want to be able to use the little-known keybindings in
Windows (such as Windows-E to bring up Explorer, or Windows-M to minimize
all windows).

Can anyone point me to a program that shows me key names in Windows?

Thanks in advance.

On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, Thorsten Sy wrote:

> Can=B4t all this be done via the (Global) Key Map Menu, where you can ass=
ign a
> key combination on the local machine to a key combination on the server? =
The
> only thing is, you have to press buttons instead of using the menu.
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> Thorsten=20
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> > Von: Arnt Witteveen <Arnt.Witteveen "at" vartec.be>
> > Antworten an: vnc-list "at" uk.research.att.com
> > Datum: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 12:50:45 +0100
> > An: "'list: vnc'" <vnc-list "at" uk.research.att.com>
> > Betreff: idea: keybindings
> >=20
> >=20
> > Hi everyone, this is an idea I had just now when trying to use ctrl-esc=
 to
> > bring up the start menu of the WInNT computer I'm viewing via VNC (task=
bar
> > is in autohide, and does't pop up when I set the mouse pointer on the b=
ottom
> > of the screen) (the dumb office shortcutbar to the left of my screen do=
es
> > come up -- go figure..). That pops up the start menu of the computer I'=
m
> > sitting at (as it probably should). (Using fullscreen mode etc. helps i=
n
> > this case, it's not a problem..)
> >=20
> > Anyway, my idea was to have, instead (or in addition to) the
> > 'send-ctrl-alt-del' menu option, to have a 'send key' option. This one =
would
> > allow you to send a keystroke, with all the modifier keys you like (ctr=
l,
> > alt, capslock, shift, alt gr, command (for mac I believe) and any of th=
e
> > unix key I forget). This could be present on all platforms allowing any=
one
> > to send any kind of keystroke-combo.
> >=20
> > And off course one more nice thing would be to have costumizable key
> > binding, quake style (or XWin style or whatever has the keybinding feat=
ure
> > thing I read about regularly in the unix mails)
> >=20
> > I don't have the time to do this myself, so it is just an idea...
> > Arnt
> >=20
> > Arnt Witteveen

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Dan Fulbright
linux "at" fan.com



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