On 05/07/2010 10:37 AM, Dirk Wallenstein wrote:
If you run 'xev' with that keymap installed, do you have
"(keysym 0xff51, Left)"
in the output when you press alt+key?
Yes, it got it.
And if you try it in a terminal you get the same strange output as if
you press directly Alt+Left?
Exactly, it got the same output (in my case D).
The Alt modifier is heavily used on the client side (menus and such) and
clients seem to often track it themselves, so they don't recognize that
the alt modifier has been 'consumed' in the lookup. It's hard for
clients because alt is a vmod.
Do you mean that clients does not query X to know the status of alt
modifier ? If so, how they check it ?
Now, if I do :
key <AD08> { type[Group1] = "PC_ALT_LEVEL2", [ d, Left ],
actions[Group1] = [ NoAction(), RedirectKey(key=<LEFT>,
clearmods=Alt)] };
should it work or will client still track alt ?
When I try that, alt+d or d+alt restart the X server.
Maybe, I misunderstand how X and clients work, so
can you give some links or explain ?
I would avoid advanced mappings involving Alt, currently.
It works with AltGr. You can put AltGr on both sides of the space bar if
you have enough keys.
I cannot use AltGr because my keyboard layout uses it to map useful keys.
Thanks,
--
Damien R.
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