#!/usr/bin/python3 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # key-mapper - GUI for device specific keyboard mappings # Copyright (C) 2020 sezanzeb # # This file is part of key-mapper. # # key-mapper is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # key-mapper is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with key-mapper. If not, see . """Stuff that interacts with the X Server""" import re import subprocess # mapping of keycode to character, e.g. 38 to the 'A' key of the keyboard. # This depends on the configured keyboard layout. # example: 38: "a A a A ae AE ae" key_mapping = {} def load_keymapping(): """Load the current active mapping of keycodes""" # to get ASCII codes: xmodmap -pk output = subprocess.check_output(['xmodmap', '-p']).decode() for line in output.split('\n'): search = re.search(r'(\d+) = (.+)', line) if search is not None: key_mapping[search[0]] = search[1] def get_xinput_list(type): """Run xinput and get the result as list. Parameters ---------- type : string Ine of 'id' or 'name' """ output = subprocess.check_output(['xinput', 'list', f'--{type}-only']) return [line for line in output.decode().split('\n') if line != ''] def find_devices(): """Get a list of (id, name) for each input device.""" # `xinput list` ids = get_xinput_list('id') names = get_xinput_list('name') # names contains duplicates and "Virtual"-somethings, filter those known_names = [] # TODO remember all IDS? try each one of them for setxkbmap until success? result = [] for (id, name) in zip(ids, names): if name not in known_names and not name.startswith('Virtual'): known_names.append(name) result.append((id, name)) return result