On 2008-05-28 14:02 +0000, Tuomo Valkonen wrote: > The original complainer > should therefore have no problems on the version of X I'm running > (from Etch), because the server simply masks the groups, or at > least the one tied to Mode_Switch, and for some reason Ion actually > masks the state with KNOWN_MODIFIERS_MASK in the binding search code > although it does not ask as to grab things with other modifiers set.
Actually, making Ion print things instead of relying on xev alone, it appears that the X server does not set the Mode_Switch bit (0x2000) on key events for grabbed keys, although it does set it in events for non-grabbed keys (that xev can catch). Thus the stray KNOWN_MODIFIERS_MASK code actually does nothing, and the X server completely hides Mode_Switch (and any modifiers bound to it) in events for grabbed keys -- but only for them. On my system, that is. Smells like a rotting pile of kludges... -- Tuomo
