On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 01:49:59PM -0500, fvwm-bug wrote:
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> Full_Name: Jeffrey Schwab
> Version: 2.2
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> OS: Solaris 8
> X_Server: Xsun
> Submission from: (NULL) (192.9.51.3)
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> According to the FVWM docs, M is supposed to refer to the Meta modifier
> key. Unfortunately, it actually applies to the Alt key. The Meta key
> would be much more useful for me, since using the Alt key is kind of a
> pain
> on Sun keyboards. Is there a fix or workaround for this? Is there some
> letter other than M which refers to the true Meta key?
That is a matter of the configuration of your X server. Fvwm
knows abot eight modifiers: Shift (S), Control (C), Lock (L)
and Mod1 (1) to Mod5 (5). Meta (M) is simply hardcoded as a
shortcut for Mod1 (1). To find out which modifier is bound to the
meta key, issue the shell command
$ xmodmap
This produces some output like this:
xmodmap: up to 2 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses):
shift Shift_L (0x32), Shift_R (0x3e)
lock
control Control_L (0x25), Control_R (0x6d)
mod1 Meta_L (0x40)
mod2
mod3 Mode_switch (0x71)
mod4 Super_L (0x73), Super_R (0x74)
mod5
As you see, my 'Meta' key (which is actually the 'Alt' key on my
keyboard) is associated with Mod1, so for me, the following are
equivalent:
Mouse 1 R 1 Menu RootMenu
and
Mouse 1 R M Menu RootMenu
Also, the Meta key may have a different name on Sun keyboards.
Perhaps someone with a Sun workstation can tell you its name. If
you want to be able to use 'M', you can change the modifiers with
'xmodmap' too (try "man xmodmap").
Bye
Dominik ^_^ ^_^
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Dominik Vogt, dominik.vogt_at_gmx.de
Reply-To: dominik.vogt_at_gmx.de
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Received on Fri Jun 22 2001 - 16:29:33 BST