X11 IrDA KeyBoard Daemon (XIRKD)

Created by:
Betty Wood (Bebe) (bebew1_at_hotmail_com) and
Carl Thevenin (carlthedever) (carlthedev_at_hotmail_com)

Requirements

• A Zaurus C7xx/C860 running pdaXrom 1.0 or higher.
• A Targus Universal Wireless Keyboard.

How to Use

Syntax:

xirkd [command]

The control script for the daeman is named xirkd and is located at
/usr/local/bin. The following is a list of commands (and their
functionalities) that are accepted by the control script:

command	function
-------	-------------------------------------------------------------
start	starts the daemon process and returns "daemon started" if the
	daemon started succesfuly.

restart	restarts the daemon process by stopping the current xirkd 
	process and executing a new xirkd process.

stop	terminates the xirkd process.

status	shows the current running status of xirkd.

Configuring XirKD

All the settings for xirkd reside in the file called xirkd.conf,
which is located in /home/root/.xirkd/. It's stongly recommended that
you don't change the IRDADevice property unless needed. For more
information on the structure of the configuration file, refer to
the comments within xirkd.conf.

The keymap files are located in /home/root/.xirkd/map/. Right now,
the only files within this directory is the keymap file for the Targus
wireless keyboard. For more information of the structure of the
map file, refer to the comments within the map file(s).

Function Keys

	
	[Fn] [1] = F1
            . . .
        [Fn] [0] = F10
        [Fn] [-] = F11
        [Fn] [=] = F12

Known Issues

1. Typing at high rates of speed can cause character loss.

ToDo

• Create keymap file for Pocketop and Chicony keyboards.
• Create a user-friendly front end to the daemon.
• Map special keys such as Cmd, Done, Today, etc. to something useful.

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