Re: [o-info] powermate ? what is the .evrouterrc file

From: Morten Kjeldgaard (mok@bioxray.dk)
Date: Tue Feb 27 2007 - 06:42:50 CST


Paul,

>  I build the evrouter and figured out the powermate is connected to 
> event4,  now Morten's notes from April 30, 2005 are below. Is the 
> .evrouterrc file similar to a .cshrc (or .bashrc in my case) file and 
> do I need to put the stuff below in my /root/ and also in my 
> /home/kraft/ where I operate "O" from?              Also I see there 
> is an event3 that should be changed to event4, but how about the 
> "*event2" stuff? Currently event2 is mapped to my keyboard?
>   

You put the file under /home/kraft. It starts with a dot, so it is 
"invisible" to a normal ls command. You need ls -a to see it listed.

Lots of programs have a startup file like that. Traditionally in unix, 
they are are often named starting with a dot and ending in "rc" which 
stands for "run command". You place run command files in your root, 
which does not mean the /root directory, but your top-most user 
directory, /home/kraft in your case.

Now, whenever you need to run O (or another program) with your 
Powermate, you need to start the evrouter program. That program will 
pick up events from your powermate, and turn them into some other kind 
of event which is fed to the O window. How that is done depends on what 
is in your .evrouterrc file. You'll discover that you can use the 
powermate to control other programs as well, for example the very nice 
xmms music player.

I hope this helps. For more Linux trips and tips, perhaps you should go 
to the bookstore and find a good introductory Linux textbook and read it.

Cheers.
Morten

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