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NAME

       keytest - reports names of pressed keys

SYNOPSIS

       keytest [input_device_name]

DESCRIPTION

       keytest ESE Key Daemon is a multimedia keyboard driver for Linux.  With
       the 2.6 kernel series it can also handle remote controls, as  they  are
       presented as keyboards. No kernel patch is required.  It is a userspace
       program that pools /dev/input/event?  interfaces for incoming  keyboard
       key presses.

OPTIONS

       Options:

       input_device_name
              input  (event)  device;  if given turns off autodetection of 1st
              keyboard device

FILES

       /usr/sbin/esekeyd - main binary (daemon)

       /usr/bin/keytest - program that reports names of pressed keys

       /usr/bin/learnkeys - config file generator

       /usr/share/man/man1/{esekeyd,keytest,learnkeys}.1(.gz) - manual pages

SEE ALSO

       esekeyd(1), learnkeys(1)

BUGS

       See the file TODO in the distribution for information on  what  remains
       to be done.

       If  you  want to report a problem with the program, please send mail to
       this address: <krzysztof@burghardt.pl>.

       Provide a detailed description of the bug, the version of  the  program
       you  are  running  (run  keytest without any parameters to display this
       information), the operating system you are running the program  on  and
       if the program crashes, I would appreciate a stack trace.

AUTHOR

       This     program     was     written     by     Krzysztof     Burghardt
       <krzysztof@burghardt.pl> and may be freely distributed under the  terms
       of the GNU General Public License.  There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY for
       this program.