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.TH PANELUI "1"  "2020-08-26" "LinuxCNC Documentation" "The Enhanced Machine Controller"
.SH NAME
panelui \- interface buttons to LinuxCNC or HAL
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B panelui

.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBpanelui\fR is a userspace component to interface buttons to LinuxCNC or HAL.
It decodes MESA 7I73 style key-scan codes and calls the appropriate routine.
It gets input from a realtime component - sampler.
Sampler gets it's input from either the MESA 7i73 or sim_matrix_kb component.
Panelui is configurable using an INI style text file to define button
types, HAL pin types, and/or commands.

Full documentation can be found in the HTML or PDF docs:
http://linuxcnc.org/docs/html/gui/panelui.html

.SH "SEE ALSO"
\fBLinuxCNC(1)\fR

Much more information about LinuxCNC and HAL is available in the LinuxCNC
and HAL User Manuals, found at /usr/share/doc/LinuxCNC/.

.SH BUGS
None known at this time. 
.PP
.SH AUTHOR
This man page written by andypugh, as part of the LinuxCNC project.
.SH REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs at https://github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/issues
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2020 andypugh.
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