Linux?

[EndreEndi]

I use Debian mainly on my ThinkPad T14 Gen 3, will you ever port this to Linux?

[EndreEndi]

Amazing work btw, i use it on Windows, i have dual-boot :)

[RaduTek]

You should be able to remap the keys using your desktop environment's settings. On KDE Plasma I can associate the keys with any action in settings. For others you may need to find in what configuration file you can add these bindings.

[EndreEndi]

Hi, i'm a very big noob, can you tell me where is this option to change them?

[RaduTek]

Google is your best friend here. I don't know the specifics of your setup:

• Wayland or X11
• What Desktop Environment or Window Manager

I'd start by searching if custom hotkeys can be defined with your desktop environment. If you're using KDE Plasma, just search for "Shortcuts" in the applications menu or KRunner. For other setups I do not know where the options are.

[EndreEndi]

I have Debian 12 with KDE Plasma see attached photo

I find it easier for me to ask someone that may already know, Google usually is full of conflicting data :)
Usually, mostly.
and if the someone that i ask dosen't know, i then Google it.

Anyway i asked the author if he will port this to Linux Debian because it's an easy to use app and has features that i may want on Linux not Windows.

[EndreEndi]

Google is your best friend here. I don't know the specifics of your setup:

• Wayland or X11
• What Desktop Environment or Window Manager

I'd start by searching if custom hotkeys can be defined with your desktop environment. If you're using KDE Plasma, just search for "Shortcuts" in the applications menu or KRunner. For other setups I do not know where the options are.

I'm gonna try this with the Shortcuts and KRunner, thanks.

[csavalas]

Hey @EndreEndi ,

I would be totally willing to port this to Linux, but I don't really have very much experience with that OS. I did find this thread a while ago that may help:

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=276116

[RaduTek]

Anyway i asked the author if he will port this to Linux Debian because it's an easy to use app and has features that i may want on Linux not Windows.

Due to the variety of Linux desktop environments it's just not viable IMO. Most desktops already offer means for configuring custom hotkeys, and the drivers in the kernel generate standard input events for the special keys. This utility exists for Windows out of necessity, since Lenovo's drivers handle the special keys.

[osering]

Hi.

Tools for setting these things in GNU/Linux looks more/less uniform and dependent on underlying Wayland/X11 (just 2 of them) and not Desktop Environment (hundreds) as RaduTek suggested.
And such opensource tool like this for Linux would be great!

To list all keycodes of keyboard:
xmodmap -pke

To see key-presses codes/mapping:
xev

To introduce new bindings:
systemd-hwdb update
udevadm control --reload-rules
udevadm trigger
which are defined before in cfg file in /etc/udev/hwdb.d/

To list set Fn keys:
udevadm info /dev/input/by-path/platform-thinkpad_acpi-event (or some other event in this folder for non-Thinkpad hardware)

Here some links for reference:
https://www.rigacci.org/wiki/doku.php/doc/appunti/linux/sa/remap_keyboard_keys
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=387197
https://nyllep.wordpress.com/2022/06/14/thinkpad-media-keys-on-linux/
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Laptop/Lenovo
https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=9004
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/ACPI/ThinkPad-special-buttons

P.S. Otherwise naming of this software is bit misleading (actually I also found it by searching similar tool for Linux).