do not bind keys above 255, stops xinput from showing marsond as a pointer.

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/marsond.c b/marsond.c
index 1644ef7..719129a 100644
--- a/marsond.c
+++ b/marsond.c
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@
 #define DEFAULT_USER  "nobody"
 #define DEFAULT_GROUP "nobody"
 
+/* uinput.h defines KEY_MAX for use with UI_SET_KEYBIT, but the
+   mouse buttons are included in the key constants, which makes
+   xinput think we're both a keyboard and a pointer. actual
+   keyboard keys stop before that. */
+#define LAST_KBD_KEY 255
+
 const char *self;
 
 int debugging = 0;                      /* -v */
@@ -309,7 +315,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 	/* the other event types will never be sent by a keyboard. */
 
 	/* we want all possible keystrokes */
-	for(i = 0; i < KEY_MAX; i++) {
+	for(i = 0; i <= LAST_KBD_KEY; i++) {
 		if(ioctl(outfd, UI_SET_KEYBIT, i) >= 0) {
 			/* we don't wanna be *that* verbose */
 		} else {
@@ -421,4 +427,8 @@ event: type 0, code 0, value 0
 Onlt the type 1 messages concern us, but we have to pass
 them all through. code 28 is KEY_ENTER, value is 1 for press,
 0 for release.
+
+from uinput.h:
+type 4 EV_MSC, code 4 MSC_SCAN.
+type 0 EV_SYN, code 0 SYN_REPORT.
 */