How to define your own function keys? ex: f13 to work as volume control

[bender644]

How do I do this? I have it set now so that I have to press "fn" to access the volume buttons. I did that so that in order to access exposé, all I have to do is press f11, or f12 for dashboard. But now, it's annoying to get to the volume. Since f13, f14 and onwards do NOTHING, I may as well use them, otherwise why are they there. So, what I'd like to do now is set it up so that:

f13: mute
f14: softer
f15: louder

And to access those, all I have to do is push them (like I do for exposé). How can I do this, or does this need to be done through terminal?

In case you are wondering, I don't want to make use of the supplied buttons for expose and dashboard (f3 and f4)

Thanks for your help.

 

[r.j.s]

Try adding a new Keyboard Shortcut in the Keyboard/Mouse preferences.

I dont have F13-F15, so I can't try it.

 

[Ramashalanka]

You don't need terminal, but I think you may need to use a function key assigner, one of the following three:

http://www.keyboardmaestro.com/main/
http://manytricks.com/butler/
http://blacktree.com/?quicksilver

If you can't find a built in routine, you can do it without terminal using applescript:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=AppleScript/2.1/en/as213.html

and it's mostly written for you at:

http://bbs.macscripter.net/viewtopic.php?pid=72265

 

[Ramashalanka]

You can also remap function keys using the method in:

http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/tips/remap_function_keys.html

but getting the correct settings for the property list editor may be difficult.