I don't want my IR handset to act like a keyboard

[Éric Piel]

Op 10-01-10 19:04, Tony Houghton schreef:
> I've got a DVB card with an IR controller which appears as an input
> device. I want my applications to read the input device directly, not as
> a keyboard. Among other reasons, it's because I want to use the "OK"
> button while mplayer is running, but it generates an "Enter" keypress
> which mplayer interprets as "please quit".
> 
Interestingly, someone has been complaining of exactly the opposite:
http://www.kernellabs.com/blog/?p=1309

Maybe in your case, what you need is just a special keymap for the
remote control, and make sure that applications listen to it only via X.

See you,
Eric