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How to give your LIRC remote control TDELIRC functionality
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by Gav Wood, 2003.
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Introduction
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All LIRC-understandable remote controls automatically function in TDELirc.
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However, to get the advanced (really cool) TDELirc stuff you'll need to create a
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remote.xml file for your remote control. The files are simple and easy to create
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so don't be put off.
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The function of the remote.xml file is to describe what the remote controls'
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buttons do in a general manner and to provide free-form text names for them,
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since LIRC only allows non-spaces, non-symbolic charecters in the remote control
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definition files.
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When you're finished your remote.xml, you might want to send it to me
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(gav at kde dot org) for inclusion in the distribution of TDELirc. It may soon
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be possible to distribute the remote.xml files along with the lircd.conf files.
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Method
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a) Start with the basic template and define the LIRC ID of the remote control.
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The LIRC ID is most important, and must be the identifier (look for the line
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"name <...>" after the "begin remote" line). put the text after "name" into "id"
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attribute of the "remote" tag in the "lircd.conf" file ("/etc/lircd.conf").
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In addition to this, fill in the author and name tags with your name and the
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"nice" name of the remote control. Any extra information you may wish to give it
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(such as alternate names, multimedia bundles/system is comes with etc) may be
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enclosed between optional information tags:
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<?xml version="1.0" ?>
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<!DOCTYPE remote SYSTEM "remote.dtd">
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<remote id="myremote">
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<name>My Remote Control</name>
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<author>Me</author>
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<information>As bundled with ACME LinTV</information>
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</remote>
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This would compliment a "lircd.conf" file:
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begin remote
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name myremote
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...
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end remote
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b) With the hard work out of the way, just start going though each button on the
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remote control. For each button, make sure the "id" attribute is the same as in
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the lircd.conf file.
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For each (common) button, you might also want to specify the class, which will
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help TDELirc match it to any application's action. For a list of all button
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classes, look in the remote.dtd file which comes with TDELirc. If the class type
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is one which encompasses many buttons, for example "number", then you should also
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specify which number it is in the parameter attribute. Currently, this only
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actually applies to "number" - all other classes are simple and do not require a
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parameter attribute.
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Note: If no "class" is given, it will default to the "id". In the unlikely
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case that this is not what you want, simply define it to be null (class="").
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<?xml version="1.0" ?>
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<!DOCTYPE remote SYSTEM "remote.dtd">
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<remote id="myremote">
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<name>My Remote Control</name>
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<author>Me</author>
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<button id="num0" class="number" parameter="0">
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</button>
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<button id="rec" class="record">
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</button>
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</remote>
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This would compliment a "lircd.conf" file:
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begin remote
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name myremote
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...
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begin raw_codes
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name num0
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...
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name rec
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...
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end raw_codes
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end remote
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c) The last thing to define in each of your buttons is the "nice" name. This may
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be descriptive and use spaces, symbols and mixed case text, in a similar fashion
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to the remote control's name. There is no need to copy the remote control's label
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verbatim. If necessary expand the description to provide a readable, aethetically
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pleasing label e.g. you should name the "CC" button "Closed Captions" or the "Rec"
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button "Record".
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<?xml version="1.0" ?>
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<!DOCTYPE remote SYSTEM "remote.dtd">
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<remote id="myremote">
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<name>My Remote Control</name>
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<author>Me</author>
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<button id="num0" class="number" parameter="0">
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<name>0</name>
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</button>
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<button id="rec" class="record">
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<name>Record</name>
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</button>
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</remote>
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Note: The name of a button will automatically default to its "id", so you can
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save yourself some time and effort with buttons which share the same name and id
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by changing
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<button id="num0" class="number" parameter="0">
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<name>0</name>
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</button>
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to the far less cluttered and simpler:
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<button id="num0" class="number" parameter="0"/>
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That's it - just save it as <id>.remote.xml, where <id> is the ID of the remote
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control (*not* its name but the LIRC id!) and copy it to your TDE remotes data
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directory (~/.trinity/share/apps/remotes).
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You'll probably need to restart control center before the remote definition
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is recognised.
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Gav Wood <gav at kde dot org> |