tildearrow
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5 years ago Firstly, In the "devices" documentation, under the "enabling devices", consider adding to the example:
You can also use your device's name, e.g. "Nostromo" instead of the index number. It seems it isn't clear in the documentation, however.
However, I noticed the index number changed if I started imodd and imod-cli , then plugged in the device, as opposed to starting imodd / imod-cli with the Nostromo plugged in.
The reason why this happens is because the index numbers map directly to the index numbers in the vector which holds connected devices. You aren't supposed to use indexes directly; they're just there for internal usage by the GUI.
(if you're wondering why I can't get rid of the indexes, it's because the CLI was designed to be as human-friendly as possible, but must have the bare minimum to be computer-readable)
Second, Between the 'startup.md' doc and the 'devices.md' doc, the daemon is started, then the user is told to open a terminal and start 'imod-cli'. I found that I could start 'imodd' and then enter 'imod-cli' in the same terminal after the successful startup message.
Would "to open up the utility, and type the following in a terminal:" do better?
Additionally, is there a text file (or any file) that i can populate with my desired keybinds? If this is in the documentation, I over looked it. This would make creating remaps for my devices easier if I could simply populate a text file and have the daemon call it.
There is, in the ~/.config/input-modifier directory. The profiles are stored as JSON files under directories that have your device's names. However, there is little error checking at the moment (I need to fix this) and the files are "minified" due to how they're stored by the JSON library. I'll find a way around that soon, however.
(I also plan to add a way to directly load mapping files as a command)
TherinS
Two things that you may wish to modify in the documentation:
Firstly, In the "devices" documentation, under the "enabling devices", consider adding to the example:
add the following
In every instance of the documentation up to the "macro" section, I was able to interact with my Nostromo n52 using the index number of the device. However, I noticed the index number changed if I started imodd and imod-cli , then plugged in the device, as opposed to starting imodd / imod-cli with the Nostromo plugged in.
This indicates that the index number may change for a device between reboots, I think. is there a way to ensure that the index number does not change? It would be easy for me to write a Zenity dialog to load certain profiles for a device if I knew the index number did NOT change each time. With a little more scripting, I could return 'listdevices' to a picker and select which index number to load a profile/map for.
Second, Between the 'startup.md' doc and the 'devices.md' doc, the daemon is started, then the user is told to open a terminal and start 'imod-cli'. I found that I could start 'imodd' and then enter 'imod-cli' in the same terminal after the successful startup message.
Additionally, is there a text file (or any file) that i can populate with my desired keybinds? If this is in the documentation, I over looked it. This would make creating remaps for my devices easier if I could simply populate a text file and have the daemon call it.