On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 09:53:04AM -0600, Jeff Walker wrote:
> Okay, xmodmap looks okay to me, except that only Alt_L and Alt_R are present
> for mod1, no meta. But the keycode is correct. Xvnc has all four, alt and
> meta tied to mod1.
According to my documentation this is not even possible.
Somewhere I read that only two keys can be bound to a single
modifier.
> Could this be the problem? I don't really see how, but
> I'm no xmodmap expert (or X keyboard expert).
>
> Well, after writing that paragraph, I decided to try changing the modifier
> in the "Mouse" line to "mod1" instead of meta and it works. so here is my
> new line:
> Mouse 1 WTFSI 1 Move
Er, it does? It shouldn't. In fvwm, the modifier "M" is
synonymous to "1", so if one fails, the other one can't work
either. Now I'm puzzled.
> I guess I don't understand why meta won't work, but I guess that is okay.
> Well, I guess because Meta_L isn't there, but I don't know quite how to fix
> that without breaking anything else. I hope that is the only problem. I
> guess we will see....
Try
$ xmodmap -e "clear Mod1"
$ xmodmap -e "add Mod1 = Meta_L Alt_L"
> On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 02:24:39PM -0600, Jeff Walker wrote:
> > Had anyone actually tried using fvwm2 on cygwin/xfree86?
> >
> > It seems to work, but I am having trouble getting the alt key to really
> > work. I have it set-up so that the mouse button 1 and the alt key will
> move
> > the window:
> > Mouse 1 WTFSI M Move
> >
> > This works via my vncserver (a xfree86 port), but not on cygwin/xfree86.
> >
> > I'm not convinced that this is a fvwm problem, I am just wondering if
> > someone has seen this.
> >
> > BTW, I am seeing something strange in xev (under cygwin), but the
> > cygwin/xfree86 folks seem to think it is okay. I run xev, and when I
> press
> > and hold a modifier (any one, not just alt) it repeats like any other key
> > (say, the letter "m"). I don't know if this is contributing to the
> problem
> > or not, other programs seem to understand that I hit, say "alt-q" instead
> of
> > just "q" (like vim).
> >
> > Is this enough to go on? Thanks.
>
> Does the output of
>
> $ xmodmap
>
> look okay? The "Meta_L" key symbol should be mapped to Mod1. If
> not, this is probably your problem, if it is, try to find out
> which key symbol is generated by the "Alt" key and use xmodmap to
> tie it to Mod1. If this does not help either I am out of ideas.
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 Thu Jun 28 2001 - 22:02:33 BST