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hotkey - popup a window on changing battery save mode, power-up mode and speaker volume on a Toshiba laptop.
hotkey [-display] [-h] [-m] [-de] [-es] [-en] [-fr] [-it] [-pt] [-ja]
DESCRIPTION
hotkey displays a small window in the centre of the screen when changing the battery save mode, power-up mode or
speaker volume with the Fn+F2, Fn+F3 and Fn+F4 key combinations. The window shows a highlighted icon representing
the current setting and a short text message stating the current setting.
If the LANG enviroment variable is set to a supported language, then hotkey will display the settings in that
language. You can override this with the command line. If hotkey is unable to allocate all the colours it
requires it will default to a monochrome mode. This can also be selected from the command line.
The program does not work on Libretto's and other models newer than a Tecra 750x. This includes all models cur-
rently available from Toshiba. This is because Toshiba made a fundamental change to the way of detecting the Fn
key press.
To exit the program send it a SIGSTOP signal. For more information on the battery save and power-up modes of your
Toshiba laptop please consult the User's manual.
OPTIONS
-display
Specify the display on which hotkey should try and open. -h Print a short synopsis of the command line
arguments and exits.
-m Display the popup window in monochrome rather than colour.
-de Display text strings in German.
-en Display text strings in English.
-es Display text strings in Spanish.
-fr Display text strings in French.
-it Display text strings in Italian.
-pt Display text strings in Portuguese.
-ja Display text strings in Japanese.
BUGS
Due to a bug in the Linux APM driver, hotkey can cause Linux to freeze requiring the use of the reset button.
Unfortunately all models since late 1997 are effected. If the kernel APM driver is disabled then hotkey is fine.
RELATED
fan(1), svpw(1), tpasswd(1), alarm(1), wmtuxtime(1x)
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