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--- guides:keyboard [2023/12/08 00:43] – Update keyboard search script admin
+++ guides:keyboard [2024/01/31 18:06] (current) – osnr
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-In a virtual program paste this program:
+Go to the Keyboards page on your Folk's web server:
-<code>
+http://WHATEVER.local:4273/keyboards
-proc udevadmProperties {device} {
-    return [exec udevadm info --query=property --name=$device]
-}
-proc findEventPath {str} {
+{{:guides:pasted:20240131-180636.png?500}}
-    set pattern {DEVNAME=(/dev/input/event\d+)}
-    set capturedMatch ""
-    if {[regexp -- $pattern $str allMatch capturedMatch]} {
+----
-        return true
-    } else {
-        return false
-    }
-}
-proc isKeyboard {device} {
-    set properties [udevadmProperties $device]
-    if {$properties eq ""} {
-      return false
-    }
-    set hasEventPath [findEventPath $properties]
-    # Check if device is a keyboard and not a mouse
-    set isKeyboard [string match *ID_INPUT_KEYBOARD=1* $properties]
-    set isMouse [string match *ID_INPUT_MOUSE=1* $properties]
-    set isPCI [string match *pci-* $device]
-    return [expr {$isPCI && $isKeyboard && $hasEventPath}]
-    # return [expr {$isPCI && $isKeyboard && !$isMouse}]
-}
-set allDevices [glob -nocomplain /dev/input/by-path/*]
-set keyboards [list]
-foreach device $allDevices {
-    set keyboardCheck [isKeyboard $device]
-    set notInList [expr {[lsearch -exact $keyboards $device] == -1}]
-    if {$keyboardCheck && $notInList} {
-        lappend keyboards $device
-    }
-}
-Wish $this is outlined white
-foreach kb $keyboards {
-    Wish $this is labelled "$kb"
-    puts "---\nKeyboard claim: Claim \$this is a keyboard with path $kb\n---\n"
-}
-</code>
-When you hit save this will display the connected keyboard's path on the table:
-{{guides:list_keyboard_folk0.jpeg?700px}}
-and in the journal (''make journal''):
+:!: **If no keyboards appear in the list**
-<code>
+This is known to happen with Bluetooth keyboards. You can put it into ''/dev/input/by-path'' by adding a [[udev-rule|udev rule]]. Then restart Folk and go back to the Keyboards page.
-Nov 13 20:18:45 folk0 make[39865]: ---
-Nov 13 20:18:45 folk0 make[39865]: Keyboard claim: Claim $this is a keyboard with path /dev/input/by-path/platform-i8042-serio-0-event-kbd
-Nov 13 20:18:45 folk0 make[39865]: ---
-</code>
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-Put this claim into a new virtual program and hit print. Tape this to the bottom of your keyboard and you now have a keyboard with an attached editor:
+With the page open on your computer, type some stuff on your keyboard and see which keyboard entry it appears on.
-{{:guides:pasted:20231113-213631.jpeg}}
+If you can, put card stock or thick paper into your printer (so the keyboard program will resist crumpling over time). Click Print for that keyboard.
+Tape the printed program to the bottom of your keyboard and you now have a keyboard (which should have an attached editor automatically):
+{{guides:img_3602.jpeg?600px}}