On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 07:34:06PM +0200, Thomas Winischhofer wrote:
> So, I thought of another q&d solution: In the good, old
> CTRL-ALT-KP_Plus/Minus-manner why not intercept eg. CTRL-ALT-KP_Multiply

Apart from what Mark said, that particular key combination is already
reserved, though it's not trapped by the server by default.  You can be
forgiven for not knowing this, though, as it's not documented everywhere
it should be.  ;-)

I either already submitted the following patch to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or
will be doing so in my next batch:

This patch by Branden Robinson.

--- xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/XFree86.man~ 2002-09-07 00:06:23.000000000 -0500
+++ xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/XFree86.man  2002-09-07 00:10:38.000000000 -0500
@@ -368,6 +368,20 @@
 .B DontZoom
 XF86Config(__filemansuffix__) file option.
 .TP 8
+.B Ctrl+Alt+Keypad-Multiply
+Not treated specially by default.  If the
+.B AllowClosedownGrabs
+XF86Config(__filemansuffix__) file option is specified, this key sequence
+kills clients with an active keyboard or mouse grab as well as killing any
+application that may have locked the server, normally using the
+XGrabServer(__libmansuffix__) Xlib function.
+.TP 8
+.B Ctrl+Alt+Keypad-Divide
+Not treated specially by default.  If the
+.B AllowDeactivateGrabs
+XF86Config(__filemansuffix__) file option is specified, this key sequence
+deactivates any active keyboard and mouse grabs.
+.TP 8
 .B Ctrl+Alt+F1...F12
 For BSD and Linux systems with virtual terminal support, these keystroke
 combinations are used to switch to Virtual Console 1 through 12.

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