application key mappings in cwm
Hi, I recently switched to cwm (from WindowMaker). Everything works great, except for how some key mappings interact with applications. OpenOffice uses control-arrowkey to move the cursor a word at a time, and control-shift-arrowkey to highlight. At times I must highlight entire paragraphs, or skip through paragraphs at high speed, so I need this function. Firefox has similar behavior, and I'm sure other apps do as well. cwm uses control-arrowkeys for window size placement, so these keystrokes never reach the app. I'm not attached to control-arrowkey for this application function, but I need the function. I'm sure other people have had this annoyance as well. My first thought is to use the windows key on this keyboard for a control key just for applications, but a) I'm not sure how to do that, and b) someone else has probably had a better idea. Any suggestions for remapping keys to restore control-shift-arrow highlighting in apps, without losing cwm's behavior? Is there a specific OpenBSD way to do that, or a particular man page I should read? Thanks, ==ml -- Michael W. Lucasmwlu...@blackhelicopters.org http://www.MichaelWLucas.com/ Latest book: Cisco Routers for the Desperate, 2nd Edition http://www.CiscoRoutersForTheDesperate.com/
Re: application key mappings in cwm
On Fri, Apr 09, 2010 at 11:09:58AM -0400, Michael W. Lucas wrote: My first thought is to use the windows key on this keyboard for a control key just for applications, but a) I'm not sure how to do that, and b) someone else has probably had a better idea. The prefix is 4- for the Mod4 key, which is usually the windows key according to cwmrc(5). That worked okay on my Mac (with a non-Mac keyboard), at least. With cwm(1) and cwmrc(5) up, it's fairly straightforward to come up with a binding that doesn't interfere with applications. They're good short man pages. The reload confiruation command is very handy while doing this (default binding CMS-r). I made a not so long .cwmrc that works for me in conjunction with emacs, and what gobbles up more keys than that? -- Mike Small sma...@panix.com
Re: application key mappings in cwm
Michael W. Lucas mwlu...@blackhelicopters.org writes: Any suggestions for remapping keys to restore control-shift-arrow highlighting in apps, without losing cwm's behavior? Is there a specific OpenBSD way to do that, or a particular man page I should read? man 5 cwmrc rebinding example: bind C-Down unmap bind 4-Down movedown -- Manuel Giraud
Re: application key mappings in cwm
On Fri, Apr 09, 2010 at 11:09:58AM -0400, Michael W. Lucas wrote: Hi, I recently switched to cwm (from WindowMaker). Everything works great, except for how some key mappings interact with applications. OpenOffice uses control-arrowkey to move the cursor a word at a time, and control-shift-arrowkey to highlight. At times I must highlight entire paragraphs, or skip through paragraphs at high speed, so I need this function. Firefox has similar behavior, and I'm sure other apps do as well. cwm uses control-arrowkeys for window size placement, so these keystrokes never reach the app. I'm not attached to control-arrowkey for this application function, but I need the function. I'm sure other people have had this annoyance as well. My first thought is to use the windows key on this keyboard for a control key just for applications, but a) I'm not sure how to do that, and b) someone else has probably had a better idea. Any suggestions for remapping keys to restore control-shift-arrow highlighting in apps, without losing cwm's behavior? Is there a specific OpenBSD way to do that, or a particular man page I should read? cwmrc(5) should help you out there. As a quick hint: bind CS-Left unmap bind CS-Right unmap bind CS-Up unmap bind CS-Down unmap bind C-Left unmap bind C-Right unmap bind C-Up unmap bind C-Down unmap Will remove those keybindings that you conflict with. We really ought to make that configuration language a bit more powerful... -0- -- You don't have to think too hard when you talk to teachers. -- J. D. Salinger
