[ltp] T40 forward/back keys in Mozilla

Behdad Esfahbod linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 12 Dec 2003 08:54:41 -0500


Savannah's CVS tree can be accessed this now:

         :ext:anoncvs@subversions.gnu.org:/cvs-latest/<PROJECT>



On Fri, 12 Dec 2003, Jon Solberg wrote:

> Jon Solberg wrote:
> > Jacob H-A wrote:
> >> Restart Mozilla and you should have working Forward/Back keys.
> >>
> > Another way, which is probably easier, of accomplishing the same thing
> > is to use an external program like Xhkeys. It makes it possible to map
> > the back/forward key to another key combination for at specific program
> > (or mouse gesture/launching of a program for that matter). I've had it
> > working perfectly with Mandrake 9.0 and my R30 but alas, on 9.2 it
> > doesn't seem to work at all so it's not a foolproof solution.
>
> Of course it was tpb that caused my problems. Thanks for pointing that
> out. If I'm careful with starting xhkeys _before_ I start tpb it works
> as expected, even though tpb complains that:
>
> [jon@Lilleman jon]$ tpb
> There is already a application grabbing some ThinkPad keys.
> Possibly you restarted tpb too fast.
>
> I'll guess the patch of tpb will solve my problem. Alas, Savannah's file
> repository is still down. Could anyone on the list help me with
> obtaining the source code or a patched rpm or srpm-package (Mandrake
> 9.2)? I usually have most source-code I compile myself as a local backup
> but this wasn't the case with tpb. :-(
>
> Regards,
> Jon
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