Remap laptop internal keys

[yxz11]

Hello there,

I need some help remapping laptop keys.

Here is my scenario: I have a Microsoft Surface with type cover, I want to keep F1-F8 intact and swap F9 with "Home", F10 with "End", F11 with "PgUp" and F12 with "PgDn". Follow quistart.lua I got following code, however, it has two issues:

1. I cannot use any other key, how can I bypass luamacros for other keys?
2. It seems following code doesn't works for F9-F12, I got some strange results, it seems anther key is sent afterwards.

Your help is greatly appreciated.

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lmc_device_set_name('SurfaceCover', "ID_09C0") -- substitute the ID you have found here
lmc_set_handler('SurfaceCover',function(button, direction)
  if (direction == 1) then return end  -- ignore down;
  if     (button == 120) then lmc_send_keys('{HOME}')
  elseif (button == 121) then lmc_send_keys('{END}')
  elseif (button == 122) then lmc_send_keys('{PGUP}')
  elseif (button == 123) then lmc_send_keys('{PGDN}')
  elseif (button == 36) then lmc_send_keys('{F9}')
  elseif (button == 35) then lmc_send_keys('{F10}')
  elseif (button == 33) then lmc_send_keys('{F11}')
  elseif (button == 34) then lmc_send_keys('{F12}')  
  else print('Not yet assigned: ' .. button)
  end
end)

[admin]

You can call lmc_set_handler to bind only one key, not whole keyboard. Check wiki at github.

[yxz11]

Thanks, this works.

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lmc_device_set_name('SurfaceCover', "ID_09C0")
lmc_set_handler('SurfaceCover',120,1,function()
  lmc_send_keys('{HOME}')
end)

One more question, how do I send the "CTRL"? What I'm trying to do is to remap the "Context Menu" key to "ctrl" key. What do I need to put in where "????" is:

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lmc_set_handler('SurfaceCover',93,1,function()
  lmc_send_keys('{????}')
end)

[admin]

Use lmc_send_input - one call for ctrl down, another for ctrl up

[yxz11]

Just want to post the working solution I have now, hope this is useful. And thanks again for the great utility:

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lmc.minimizeToTray = true
lmc_minimize()

-- find out the device id for internal keyboard
--lmc_print_devices()   -- get the ID of the second keyboard from the stack that this line creates
lmc_device_set_name('SurfaceCover', "ID_09C0") -- substitute the ID you have found here

-- swap F9 and HOME key
lmc_set_handler('SurfaceCover',120,1,function()
  lmc_send_keys('{HOME}')
end)
lmc_set_handler('SurfaceCover',36,1,function()
  lmc_send_keys('{F9}')
end)
-- http://www.hidmacros.eu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=528
-- Change menu key to ctrl
lmc_set_handler('SurfaceCover',93,1,function()
  lmc_send_input(17, 0, 0) -- press
end)
lmc_set_handler('SurfaceCover',93,0,function()
  lmc_send_input(17, 0, 2) -- release
end)

[yxz11]

Now I have two problems:

1. The macro worked for a while, then stopped working, I have to restart it to make it work again.

2. After mapping the "menu" key to ctrl using following, it sends ctrl but also sends "menu"?

Any idea what I did wrong?

lmc_set_handler('SurfaceCover',93,1,function()
lmc_send_input(17, 0, 0) -- press
end)
lmc_set_handler('SurfaceCover',93,0,function()
lmc_send_input(17, 0, 2) -- release
end)