Bug 8812 – Add the possibility to use the camera button complete pressure as shortcut

Bug 8812 - Add the possibility to use the camera button complete pressure as shortcut


Summary:	Add the possibility to use the camera button complete pressure as shortcut

Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX

Product:	shortcutd
Component:	General
Version:	unspecified
Platform:	All Maemo

Importance:	Low enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone:	---
Assigned To:	arek.stopczynski
QA Contact:	general

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Reported:	2010-02-03 22:11 UTC by EC
Modified:	2010-06-22 22:45 UTC (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Description EC (reporter) 2010-02-03 22:11:05 UTC

SOFTWARE VERSION: 0.1.1-2

EXACT STEPS LEADING TO PROBLEM: 
1. Enter your settings menu, then Shortcutd setting

EXPECTED OUTCOME: you are able to modify which application is launched after a
complete pressure of the camera button

ACTUAL OUTCOME: you can't, and your camera button when completely pressed will
only launch Camera app as default

REPRODUCIBILITY: always

Comment 1 Matan Ziv-Av 2010-02-03 23:56:22 UTC

Complete press of camera button does not launch camera app. The camera app is
always running, and it opens a window when the key is pressed (or takes a
picture, if a window is already open.

A way to achieve what you request is to kill the camera application, and only
launch it on opening of the camera door.

Comment 2 EC (reporter) 2010-02-04 00:10:51 UTC

(In reply to comment #1)
> Complete press of camera button does not launch camera app. The camera app is
> always running, and it opens a window when the key is pressed (or takes a
> picture, if a window is already open.
> 
> A way to achieve what you request is to kill the camera application, and only
> launch it on opening of the camera door.
> 

Didn't know that camera app is always running, I thought it was launched only
with the opening of the camera lens cover.

Ok then is that too difficult to achieve? Or can it be easily done? I mean,
permanently disabling the always running camera app and make it opening only
with camera lens for letting the camera button free for personal using.

Comment 3 Matan Ziv-Av 2010-02-04 00:29:24 UTC

I don't know how to prevent camera app launch on startup. It can be killed
after startup with a command similar to
dsme -k /usr/bin/camera-ui

Then shortcutd needs to be modified to launch this app on camera door open and
kill it on door close. There is one main problem with this - the camera-ui
starts in the background, so after running it, shortcutd needs to simulate a
door open or camera key press event.

Instead of modifying shortcutd, this can also be done by an independent daemon,
or by a script using dbus-scripts.

Comment 4 hqh 2010-02-17 22:36:31 UTC

A valid request, but I consider the workaround for disabling the default action
to be quite an ugly hack... Leaving open in case someone has additional ideas,
but I'm currently thinking this as WONTFIX.

Comment 5 EC (reporter) 2010-02-17 22:44:09 UTC

Agree with the WONTFIX, didn't know all those things about camera app.
Thanks anyway.