CrunchBang Linux

First of all I'm sorry if this has been posted before but I couldn't find any topic on this specific issue after searching around.

I got a acer aspire 8730G. It got a few shiny media keys with background light and a volume slider. Setting up most of those keys were no problem since they use the normal XF86Audio keys signals. When setting XF86AudioRaiseVolume and XF86AudioLowerVolume to raise and lower the volume the volume jumped around seemingly at random when using the volume slider.

I used xev to see what was going on and it turns out that the volume slider sends both XF86AudioLowerVolume and XF86AudioRaiseVolume in a pattern when you use it. My first idea was to use a keycombo to bind it correctly but that won't work out very well since the sequences it sends isn't fixed length (they're 2-3 keys long).

What's left is to use a keycombo with a very low timeout. After testing a bit with xev again I noticed that the keys within the key sequence sent are sent 10 ms apart and there's a 100ms delay before the next sequence begins.

So to get to my actual question. Is there a program for X/ob that can handle keycombos where you can set a timeout lower than 100 ms? Or would it be easy to write something similar yourself? I haven't really done a lot of programing and never made anything for X but I know enough to make usable console/backend stuff.

If anyone is curious here is the keycombos sent from the volume slider.

The sequence sent depends on the current volume. The slider have 8 'steps' in it. So in the list below the number on the left is the current volume setting.

XF86AudioRaiseVolume = R
XF86AudioLowerVolume = L

Raise:
0: RR
1: LLR
2: RR
3: LLL
4: RR
5: LLR
6: RR
7: LLL

Lower:
8: RRR
7: LL
6: RRL
5: LL
4: RRR
3: LL
2: RRL
1: LL

For example if the volume is at 2 and you slide the volume down to 1 it sends RRL.

So to summarize a bit I'm wondering if there is a program that you can use to bind keycombos where you can set a very low timeout (<100ms). If there isn't any already how hard would it be to make a windowless application that can grab keys globally? I started reading up on xlibs keygrab functions which I assume I will have to use here.

The best solution would obviously be if this whole thing had already been solved but I've been searching quite a bit for a solution to this without finding anything so I don't really have my hopes up on that.