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| author | Timothy Pearson <kb9vqf@pearsoncomputing.net> | 2011-09-14 20:40:36 -0500 |
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| committer | Timothy Pearson <kb9vqf@pearsoncomputing.net> | 2011-09-14 20:40:36 -0500 |
| commit | bab961991a5b09b37e6381048f72895eaa9286de (patch) | |
| tree | e74701e7fc4638373d70d70ef36605a72d70cf59 /tsak/README | |
| parent | 7fb5a8dec9f5103c63d6cd40848f41e9e6565795 (diff) | |
| download | experimental-bab961991a5b09b37e6381048f72895eaa9286de.tar.gz experimental-bab961991a5b09b37e6381048f72895eaa9286de.zip | |
Add experimental tsak program
tsak may make its way into kdebase in the near future...stay tuned!
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diff --git a/tsak/README b/tsak/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ef2fe0c --- /dev/null +++ b/tsak/README @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +This is an experimental SAK filter that uses evdev and friends to: +1.) Signal when a SAK (currently hardcoded as Ctrl+Alt+DEL) is pressed + This signal is ONLY available to applications running as root +2.) Filter any SAK press events out, so that no non-root applications are aware of them if they occur. + In fact, even root applications will be unaware of the SAK press unless they are monitoring + the out-of-band SAK interface. + +The interface is very simple. Listen on /tmp/ksocket-global/tsak and you will receive the null-terminated string "SAK\n\r" when the SAK is pressed. +Note that the string may be sent multiple times, especially if the SAK is held down. |