On Tue, Sep 29, 2026 at 19:30:00 +0100, Chris Green wrote:
> Whereas, wierdly:-
>
> chris$ xte 'key ='
> Unable to resolve keysym for '='
> Unable to resolve keysym for '='
> chris$
The man page isn't very helpful, is it? It says
key k Press and release key k
But it doesn't give you any hints about what to pass as 'k', other
than the "SOME USEFUL KEYS" section. That lists Home, Left, Up,
and so on. It doesn't say anything about Equals, so that leaves
brute force.
hobbit:~$ xte 'key ='
Unable to resolve keysym for '='
Unable to resolve keysym for '='
hobbit:~$ xte 'key Equals'
Unable to resolve keysym for 'Equals'
Unable to resolve keysym for 'Equals'
hobbit:~$ xte 'key Equal'
Unable to resolve keysym for 'Equal'
Unable to resolve keysym for 'Equal'
hobbit:~$ xte 'key equals'
Unable to resolve keysym for 'equals'
Unable to resolve keysym for 'equals'
hobbit:~$ xte 'key equal'
hobbit:~$ =
Severely under-documented.
