"nicky van foreest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi Jeremy, >> A simple solution, if you happen to have an extra key on your keyboard, >> such as a "Windows" key, is to use that as your modifier. Otherwise, >> perhaps consider rebinding one of your two alts or controls as a new >> modifier (such as Mod4) and using that.
> Thanks. After some trying I figured out that mod4 is bound to my two > windows keys. However, how can you find this out directly, i.e, > without setting the modkey to some modifier, restarting wmii, and > cheching whether it works? xev does not tell me that the windows key > is called mod4. xmodmap > I must admit that for the last 10 years I have been able to completely > ignore the windows key. This key reminded me of Uncle Bill, hence I > never strove to find a useful purpose for it. It is truely cynical > that due to my enthousiasm for wmii and xemacs I cannot avoid this > key any longer :-) It is silly to let such a handy key go to waste. It can often be far more useful on Linux than on Windows. > I'll update the faq on this. It would have saved me, at least, > considerable time. -- Jeremy Maitin-Shepard
