Hi,

I would like to make it possible for window managers to reserve a couple of key 
combinations no matter what other applications do. Specifically I want 
keys/combinations like Alt+Tab, Ctrl+Alt+Del, XF86VolumeUp to never be taken 
away by fulscreen apps that grab the keyboard(ex. Boswars) or by 
missbehaving/frozen apps.

In my understanding, I would need to make two changes:

-from X provide a way for an application to reserve keys forever

-modify the window manager (and maybe the service that replies to ex. 
XF86VolumeUp) such that it makes use of the reservation method.

What are a few alternatives for doing this? Which is the easiest, which is the 
most correct one? 

I can understand if this is not how things work in X, and it is no problem if 
such a patch (if ever created) would never be accepted. I will give it some 
time anyway. Thank you for your time.

Thank you,
Alex

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