Using Microsoft keyboard hot keys

[Anton Markov]

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Just to clarify, I don't want to use the keys for their intended "back",
"forward", etc. browsing functions (unless someone knows how to make
that work with Firefox). I just need some mechanism of catching the
button events and using them to run a shell script (or maybe make DCOP
calls to, say, 'JuK').

Anton Markov wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a "Microsoft" keyboard (the most basic one, I think), which has a
> set of additional buttons above the function keys - "back", "forward",
> "stop", etc. How can I bind these keys to events in KDE (say shell
> scripts or DCOP calls)? The KDE KHotkeys system does not recognize the
> keys (i.e. when I go to create a new action and press the key to assign
> it, nothing happens). I know some GNOME program works with it, but I was
> looking for a KDE-friendly solution.
>
> Thanks!
>
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