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LINUX.md

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+# I2C Puppet mods for Linux systems
+
+
+This is a modification to the <a href="https:README.md" target="_blank">standard firmware</a>
+
+The original version lacked certain characters, such as  <ESCAPE>, and the characters "<>{}[]^&%=\"
+which made it difficult to use on Linux systems
+    
+
+This version of the firmware has been modified to support Linux systems.
+The following changes have been made
+- The backspace key works during the GUI login
+- The Sym key now acts as a Control key, so SYM+C is Control-C
+- The four top button keys are now used to provide the missing characters.
+
+The original definiton of the keys were this. I'm including the
+spacebar, newline/enter, backspace, Microphone and Spkeaer keys
+because they provide characters not indicated on the key. For
+instance, ALT + spacebar provides TAB, and ALT+NewLine is the pipe character. 
+
+
+|      | L1    | L2    |    R1 |    R2 | SPKR | Mic| BS | NL |  SPACE  |
+| ------|-------|-------|-------|-------|------|----|---|----|---------|
+| none  |       |       |       |       |  $   |  ~ | \b| \n | SPACE   |
+| Alt   |       |       |       |       |  \`  |  0 |   | \| |  TAB   |
+| Shift |       |       |       |       |  $   |    |   |    |         |
+| Sym   |       |       |       |       |  $   |    |   |    |     |
+
+
+
+This firmware adds the following mappings
+
+
+|       | L1     | L2    |    R1 |    R2 | SPKR | Mic| BS| NL |  SPACE  |
+| ------|--------|-------|-------|-------|------|----|---|----|---------|
+| none  | ESCAPE |  %    |  =    |  \\   |  $   |  ~ | \b| \n | SPACE   |
+| Alt   |  >     |  ]    |  }    |  &    |  \`  |  0 |   | \| |  TAB    |
+| Shift |  <     |  [    |  {    |  ^    |  $   |  ~ | \b|    |         |
+| Sym   |  x     |  x    |  x    |  x    |  $   |  ~ | \b|    |         |
+
+
+
+I tried to make the bracket characters easierr to remember by using
+Shift+ to indicate the left-pointing brackets, and Alt+ corresponds to
+the same right-pointing bracket. You can redefine these keys if you
+prefer a different arraingment.
+
+Currently, SYM+<top button keys> produces an 'x' to indicate some value can be inserted.
+I'm considering mapping these to the 4 arrow keys
+
+
+## Linux Debug tips
+
+The keyboard has two "outputs" - one is the USB HID interface, the
+other is the serial port.  Any printf() command goes to the serial
+port, but not the USB HID keyboard. For instance, when using an
+Arduino sketch, print() goes to the serial port.
+
+When the keyboard is plugged into a Linux system, a new TTY interface
+will appear. I usually use 
+
+	ls -lt /dev/tty* | head" 
+ 
+to learn the name, as the newest port will appear first. On my system,
+it's /dev/ttyACM0
+
+So on one terminal window, I type
+
+    cat -v </dev/ttyACM0
+
+while on a second terminal window, I type
+
+    cat -v
+
+The first one will print all of the printf output, and the second will
+show you how the keyboard works normally and what gets sent to the USB
+keyboard when a key is pressed..
+
+## Compiling firmware on Linux
+
+I edit the files in <GIT>/ic2_puppet/all/ using emacs. 
+I have the keystroke combination
+"Control-C M" bound to compile, using
+
+    (global-set-key "\C-cm" 'compile)
+
+And when I press "Control-c M", emacs saves all files, and recompiles the
+code. I have a small hub with switchable on/off ports, and restart the
+keyboard into boot mode, and then do a "make install" to load the new
+firmware. But you can also use vim. The makefile assumes the compiled version is in ../build.
+
+## GUI Login
+
+I found that I had to handle the backspace differently, as arturo did
+for enter. This was necessary so that the backspace key would delete
+the username or password characters.
+
+## TODO
+
+Currently - the SYM+Button keys are defined as the character "x" to indicate it's not been specified.
+I'l like to make these keys to the 4 arrow keys.
+
+Also - it might be possible to create key combinations by combining the modified keys, like SYM+Alt+key

app/Makefile

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+# Make it useful for Linux
+all: keyboard.c keyboard.h usb.c
+	cd ../build;make
+install: ../build/app/i2c_puppet.uf2 
+	cp ../build/app/i2c_puppet.uf2 /media/${USER}/RPI-RP2
+

app/keyboard.c

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "fifo.h"
 #include "keyboard.h"
 #include "reg.h"
+#include <stdio.h> // BGB
 
 #include <pico/stdlib.h>
 
@@ -114,12 +115,76 @@ static void transition_to(struct list_item * const p_item, const enum key_state
 				if (reg_is_bit_set(REG_ID_CFG, CFG_USE_MODS)) {
 					const bool shift = (self.mods[KEY_MOD_ID_SHL] || self.mods[KEY_MOD_ID_SHR]) | self.capslock;
 					const bool alt = self.mods[KEY_MOD_ID_ALT] | self.numlock;
-					const bool is_button = (key <= KEY_BTN_RIGHT1) || ((key >= KEY_BTN_LEFT2) && (key <= KEY_BTN_RIGHT2));
+//					const bool is_button = (key <= KEY_BTN_RIGHT1) || ((key >= KEY_BTN_LEFT2) && (key <= KEY_BTN_RIGHT2));
+					const bool is_button = ((key == KEY_BTN_RIGHT1)
+                                            || (key == KEY_BTN_RIGHT2)
+                                            || (key == KEY_BTN_LEFT1)
+                                            || (key == KEY_BTN_LEFT2));
+ 					const bool control = self.mods[KEY_MOD_ID_SYM];
+                    
 
-					if (alt && !is_button) {
+					if (is_button) {
+                      switch (key) {
+                      case KEY_BTN_LEFT1:
+                        if (alt) {
+                          key = '>';
+                        } else if (shift) {
+                          key = '<';
+                        } else if (control) {
+                          key = 'x';
+                        } else {
+                          key =0x1B; // ESC
+                        }
+                        break;
+                      case KEY_BTN_LEFT2:
+                        if (alt) {
+                          key = ']';
+                        } else if (shift) {
+                          key = '[';
+                        } else if (control) {
+                          key ='x';
+                        } else {
+                          key = '%';
+                        }
+                        break;
+                      case KEY_BTN_RIGHT1:
+                        if (alt) {
+                          key = '}';
+                        } else if (shift) {
+                          key = '{';
+                        } else if (control) {
+                          key = 'x';
+                        } else {
+                          key = '=';
+                        }
+                        break;
+                      case KEY_BTN_RIGHT2:
+                        if (alt) {
+                          key = '&';
+                        } else if (shift) {
+                          key = '^';
+                        } else if (control) {
+                          key = 'x'; // TODO
+                        } else {
+                          key = '\\';
+                        }
+                        break;
+                      default:
+                        //                        printf(" ERROR: Illegal key: %d\n", key);
+                        ;
+                      }
+                    } else if (alt) {
+                        printf(" alt \n");
 						key = p_entry->alt;
-					} else if (!shift && (key >= 'A' && key <= 'Z')) {
+					} else if (key >= 'A' && key <= 'Z') {
+                        printf(" letter\n");
+                        if (control) { // If the SYM key is held down, it's a control key
+						key = key - 0x40;
+                      } else if (!shift) { // lower case letter
 						key = (key + ' ');
+                      } else {
+                        // it's an uppercase letter - do nothing
+                      }
 					}
 				}
 

app/keyboard.h

@@ -22,24 +22,24 @@ enum key_mod
 	KEY_MOD_ID_LAST,
 };
 
-#define KEY_JOY_UP		0x01
-#define KEY_JOY_DOWN	0x02
-#define KEY_JOY_LEFT	0x03
-#define KEY_JOY_RIGHT	0x04
-#define KEY_JOY_CENTER	0x05
-#define KEY_BTN_LEFT1	0x06
-#define KEY_BTN_RIGHT1	0x07
+#define KEY_JOY_UP		0x81
+#define KEY_JOY_DOWN	0x82
+#define KEY_JOY_LEFT	0x83
+#define KEY_JOY_RIGHT	0x84
+#define KEY_JOY_CENTER	0x85
+#define KEY_BTN_LEFT1	0x86
+#define KEY_BTN_RIGHT1	0x87
 // 0x08 - BACKSPACE
 // 0x09 - TAB
 // 0x0A - NEW LINE
 // 0x0D - CARRIAGE RETURN
-#define KEY_BTN_LEFT2	0x11
-#define KEY_BTN_RIGHT2	0x12
+#define KEY_BTN_LEFT2	0x91
+#define KEY_BTN_RIGHT2	0x92
 
-#define KEY_MOD_ALT		0x1A
-#define KEY_MOD_SHL		0x1B // Left Shift
-#define KEY_MOD_SHR		0x1C // Right Shift
-#define KEY_MOD_SYM		0x1D
+#define KEY_MOD_ALT		0x9A
+#define KEY_MOD_SHL		0x9B // Left Shift
+#define KEY_MOD_SHR		0x9C // Right Shift
+#define KEY_MOD_SYM		0x9D
 
 struct key_callback
 {

app/usb.c

@@ -55,8 +55,10 @@ static void key_cb(char key, enum key_state state)
 		return;
 
 	if (tud_hid_n_ready(USB_ITF_KEYBOARD) && reg_is_bit_set(REG_ID_CF2, CF2_USB_KEYB_ON)) {
-		uint8_t conv_table[128][2]		= { HID_ASCII_TO_KEYCODE };
+      // conv_table needs to be 256 entries long because the special keys are in range 128-256 (0x80 - 0xFF)
+		uint8_t conv_table[256][2]		= { HID_ASCII_TO_KEYCODE };
 		conv_table['\n'][1]				= HID_KEY_ENTER; // Fixup: Enter instead of Return
+		conv_table['\b'][1]				= HID_KEY_BACKSPACE; // Fixup: HID backspace (0x2A) instead of \b (0x08)
 		conv_table[KEY_JOY_UP][1]		= HID_KEY_ARROW_UP;
 		conv_table[KEY_JOY_DOWN][1]		= HID_KEY_ARROW_DOWN;
 		conv_table[KEY_JOY_LEFT][1]		= HID_KEY_ARROW_LEFT;
@@ -66,10 +68,21 @@ static void key_cb(char key, enum key_state state)
 		uint8_t modifier   = 0;
 
 		if (state == KEY_STATE_PRESSED) {
-			if (conv_table[(int)key][0])
+          printf(" conv_table[%d][0,1]=%d,%d  ",key,  conv_table[(int)key][0], conv_table[(int)key][1]); // bgb
+          if (conv_table[(int)key][0]) {
 				modifier = KEYBOARD_MODIFIER_LEFTSHIFT;
+          } else if (key < 0x20) { // it's a control key
+            if ((key == '\n') || (key == '\b')) {
+              // leave alone - this is necessary because the Linux graphical login processes the HID equivalent
+              // which is done using conv_table[] below
+            } else {
+              // convert control key, i.e. [Control-A] converts to [modifier=control, key=A]
+              modifier=KEYBOARD_MODIFIER_RIGHTCTRL;
+              key=key + 0x40; 
+            }
 
-			keycode[0] = conv_table[(int)key][1];
+          }
+          keycode[0] = conv_table[(int)key][1];
 		}
 
 		if (state != KEY_STATE_HOLD)