SVPW(1) Toshiba Linux Utilities SVPW(1)NAMEhotkey - popup a window on changing battery save mode, power-up mode
and speaker volume on a Toshiba laptop.
SYNOPSIShotkey [-display] [-h] [-m] [-de] [-es] [-en] [-fr] [-it] [-pt] [-ja]
DESCRIPTIONhotkey displays a small window in the centre of the screen when chang‐
ing 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 currently available from Toshiba.
This is because Toshiba made a fundamental change to the way of detect‐
ing 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 con‐
sult 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.
AUTHOR
This program was written by Jonathan Buzzard (jonathan@buzzard.org.uk)
and may be freely distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public
License. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY for this program.
Portuguese translations provided by Joao Carlos Ventura
(jcv@poboxes.com), French translations provided by Tristan Debeaupuis
(Tristan.Debeaupuis@hsc.fr), Japanese translations provided by Daisuke
Sato (densuke@ga2.so-net.ne.jp), German translations by Harald
Ganzinger (hg@mpi-sb.mpg.de) and Spanish translations by Juan Pablo
Zaldivar Carrillo (saruman@orthanc.mx).
SEE ALSOfan(1), svpw(1), tpasswd(1), alarm(1), wmtuxtime(1x)
24 July 1999 SVPW(1)
