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# Key Mapper
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**Almost done**
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GUI tool to map input buttons to e.g. change the macro keys of a mouse or
any keyboard to something different. It should not be device specific, any
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input device supported by Linux plug and play that reports keyboard events
will likely work.
This unfortunately doesn't apply to left/middle/right clicks of mice, or
the common back/forward thumb buttons, but the keypads of MMO mice seem to
work. Changing single keys of keyboards also works.
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# Running
```bash
sudo python3 setup.py install && sudo key-mapper-gtk -d
```
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You can also start it via your applications menu.
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# Dependencies
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`python-evdev`
# Tests
```bash
sudo python3 setup.py install && python3 tests/test.py
```
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# Roadmap
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- [x] show a dropdown to select an arbitrary device from `xinput list`
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- [ ] creating presets per device
- [ ] renaming presets
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- [x] show a list for mappings `[keycode -> target]`
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- [x] read keycodes with evdev
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- [x] make that list extend itself automatically
- [x] load that file with `setxkbmap` on button press
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- [x] keep the system defaults for unmapped buttons
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- [ ] button to stop mapping and using system defaults
- [x] highlight changes and alert before discarding unsaved changes
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- [ ] automatically load the preset when the mouse connects
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- [x] ask for administrator permissions using polkit
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- [ ] make it work on wayland
- [ ] add to the AUR, provide .deb and .appimage files