This little linux Wayland daemon allows you to map the side keypad of the Razer Naga series mice via a configuration file called mapping_xx.txt under $HOME/.naga/
Requires: ydotool and Wayland environment to work.
Currently tested with:
- Razer Naga 2014 (thanks to me) in Gentoo
This daemon does not, in any case modify any system file nor property of any device. So the process is totally reversible just by deleting the files and at most rebooting.
CAUTION, in this alpha version the run option wont work for text environment commands, like for example top.
As an alpha version, it is very prone to bugs and other sorts of failure. I release this project without any sort of warranty, so use under your own responsibility.
The configuration file mapping_xx.txt has the following syntax:
<keynumber> - <option>=<action>
<keynumber> is a number between 1-14 representing the 12 keys of the naga's keypad + two on the top of the naga.
<option>
Switch mapping: chmap
Key (holds the key as long as the button is pressed) or shortcut: key
Toggle a key (first press will mimic a key being pressed, the second will release it): toggle
Running system commands: run, run2(runs the command at key press and key release)
Mouse click: click
Switching workspace relatively: workspace_r
Switching workspace absolutly: workspace
Position mouse cursor: position
Add a delay between actions : delay
Peform a media action: media
<action>
For chmap: path to a new mapping file
For key and toggle: is the custom key mapping, might be a single key like A or a combination like ctrl+t (following xdotool's syntax)
For run and run2: a system command like gedit or a custom script or bash line like bash /usr/local/bin/custom.bash
For click: number of the mouse button, see table below
For workspace_r: positive or negative number e.g. +2 (go two workspaces forward) -1 (previous)
For workspace: min 0, max `xdotool get_num_desktops`-1
For position: x,y which are the relative position in pixel from the left upper corner of the display
For delay: delay in milliseconds
| Button number | Info |
|---|---|
| 1 | left button |
| 2 | middle button (pressing the scroll wheel) |
| 3 | right button |
| 4 | turn scroll wheel up |
| 5 | turn scroll wheel down |
| 6 | push scroll wheel left (some mouse only) |
| 7 | push scroll wheel right (some mouse only) |
| 8 | 4th button (aka backward button) |
| 9 | 5th button (aka forward button) |
For mapping a key from keyboard you need to look up your key e.g. here: /usr/include/linux/input-event-codes.h . You need to exclude the beginning KEY_ so for example caps lock would be Capslock.
If you want to test your shortcut you can use ydotool key KEYorSHORTCUT . If no error appears the shortcut works. Keep in mind this not only tests but also executes the shortcut.
If the $HOME/.naga/mapping_01.txt file is missing the daemon won't start (the program will NOT autocreate this file, the install.sh script will copy example files though).
For a given action multiple actions may be defined. They will be executed sequentially.
An example mapping_xx.txt configuration file is the following:
#There must be no blank lines at the beginning of the file, yeah lazy parsing. Comments are accepted though
1 - key=ctrl+t
2 - toggle=A
3 - click=8
4 - key=C
5 - click=9
6 - workspace_r=1
7 - workspace_r=-1
8 - key=G
9 - position=331,7
9 - click=1
9 - delay=100
9 - position=343,72
9 - click=1
10 - run=gedit
11 - key=H
12 - key=Return
13 - workspace=0
14 - chmap=mapping_02.txt
If you want to dig more into configuration, you might find these tools useful: xinput, evtest
Keep in mind that any non existing functionality can be created through the "run" option, at the end of the day naga just calls ydotool, which can be done from a script.
KeypadMapper does not need any dependencies besides having installed ydotool https://github.com/ReimuNotMoe/ydotool/ (in the oficial ubuntu, fedora, centOS, etc repositories) and g++
Change src/naga.cpp to adapt the installation to another device, using different inputs and/or different key codes than the Naga Epic, 2014, Molten or Chroma. For Example, Epic Chroma is compatible with Epic (they have the same buttons), so you would only have to add an additional line to the devices vector.
Run bash install.sh .
This will compile the source and copy the necessary files (see install.sh for more info).
It will prompt you for your password, as it uses sudo to copy some files.
Install with bash install.sh
This will copy the necessary files and start the daemon. After running this you should have mapping_01.txt working.
The installation process automatically executes the daemon in the background and set it to start at boot for you. But you can still run it manually as follows:
nagastart.sh does the below process automatically:
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Inits the mapper by calling:
$./naga -
In order to get rid of the original bindings it disables the keypad using xinput as follows:
$ xinput set-int-prop [id] "Device Enabled" 8 0
where [id] is the id number of the keypad returned by $ xinput.
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You may have to also run
$ xinput set-button-map [id2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 11 10 8 9 13 14 15
where [id2] is the id number of the pointer device returned by xinput - in case of naga 2014 you also have to check which of those two has more than 7 numbers by typing xinput get-button-map [id2]. Although this seems to be unnecesary in some systems (i.e CentOS 7)
This lasts until the x server is restarted (nagastart.sh is aware of this), but you can enable it back to completely restore the changes by changing the last 0 to a 1 in 2).
To uninstall you just need to run $bash uninstall.sh.