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Added a slight generalization

John Erling Blad 2022-09-10 00:51:56 +02:00
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Example:-Diverted-"Smart-Shift"-button-for-common-devices.md

@ -82,6 +82,48 @@ In the GUI go to “Key/Button Diversion” for the mouse, and change “Smart S
It should not be necessary to edit the rules with the Rule editor, but the rules could instead be created in the GUI. If the rules are not created in the Rule editor, they are not if you edit the file, then you should now restart `solaar`.
## Alt Configuration
The rules can be changed slightly to include diverted "Host Switch Channel" keys. The generalization is quite simple. On the first machine (“alpha”) the rules file become
```yaml
%YAML 1.3
---
- Or:
- Key: [Smart Shift, released]
- Key: [Host Switch Channel 2, released]
- Rule:
- And:
- Active: 654321CD
- Active: 123456AB
- Set: [654321CD, change-host, 1]
- Set: [123456AB, change-host, 1]
- Execute: [notify-send, --category=device, --expire-time=3000, --app-name=solaar,
--icon=/usr/share/solaar/icons/solaar.svg, Change host, Not done – some device not active.]
...
```
The file on the second machine (“beta”) become
```yaml
%YAML 1.3
---
- Or:
- Key: [Smart Shift, released]
- Key: [Host Switch Channel 1, released]
- Rule:
- And:
- Active: 654321CD
- Active: 123456AB
- Set: [654321CD, change-host, 0]
- Set: [123456AB, change-host, 0]
- Execute: [notify-send, --category=device, --expire-time=3000, --app-name=solaar,
--icon=/usr/share/solaar/icons/solaar.svg, Change host, Not done – some device not active.]
...
```
For this to work the additional keys for the keyboard must be set as diverted in the GUI.
## Issues
One of the devices can be offline, and then be left while the other does the change. Usually the keyboard will wake up on the previous host when that happen, but occasionally I found the mouse to be the one abandoned on the previous host. That is somewhat weird. Often the state is fixed by reattempting the change once more, or changing back end then retry the change once more.