Quoth [email protected]: > Quoth requiem. <[email protected]>: > > For the sake of completeness, I figured this out. > > Needed to add some "setxkbmap" directives to the i3 config. > > > > ``` ~/.config/i3/config > > > > exec_always "setxkbmap -model apple_laptop -layout us -variant mac > > -option compose:ralt" > > > > ``` > > > > This works :) > > > > oh i didn't know X had an option for it. i thought it was exclusive > to XTerm. thank you :) > > i guess it'd be better to configure it system-wide so you wouldn't > need to make a new config file if you change WM (ref: XKB-Config(7), > xorg.conf(5)): > > ``` /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-keyboards.conf > Section "InputClass" > Identifier "Apple laptop keyboard" > MatchIsKeyboard "on" > Option "XkbModel" "apple_laptop" > Option "XkbLayout" "us" > Option "XkbVariant" "mac" > Option "XkbOptions" "compose:ralt" > EndSection > ``` >
btw anyone changing their xorg.conf don't repeat my silly mistake and restart your WM / log out and and back in instead restarting your xenodm to apply the new config :b
