Chuck Martin <[email protected]> writes: > On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 08:25:24AM +0000, Thomas Adam > thomas.adam22-at-gmail.com |fvwm| wrote: >> 2008/12/19 Chuck Martin <[email protected]>: >> > Does anyone know why my keybindings fail when fvwm is run under xnest? >> > I simply get an error for each binding that says "no such key". >> >> Depends on the binding -- because XNest acts as an XServer and an >> XClient, getting FVWM that's running inside it to recognise modifier >> keys correctly is problematic. If you look at using Xephyr instead, >> that allows you to grab the pointer via CTRL + Shift which allows most >> bindings to work for whatever is running under it. > > Could you be more specific? I've noticed that it works sometimes, but > not always. In trying to find a pattern, every time I think I've figured > it out, I find that I'm wrong. It seems to be completely random, but I > suspect there must be a reason for it working sometimes, and if I could > figure it out, I could make it work consistently (I say completely random, > but it fails far more than it works). > > I should mention that I have remapped the keyboard quite a bit to add > new modifier keys (Super, Hyper, and XF86Option, which are assigned to > modifiers 3, 4, and 5, respectively) that are used exclusively for the > window manager, and all of my FVWM key bindings use them. When the key > bindings work, they *all* work, and when they don't they all fail. Any > help would be greatly appreciated.
Question 0.1 in the FAQ?
