Re: FVWM: Java freezes fvwm shortcuts

From: Dominik Vogt <dominik.vogt_at_gmx.de>
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 01:35:16 +0200

On Mon, Jun 19, 2000 at 11:00:35PM +0200, Sven Esbjerg wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 19, 2000 at 02:05:04PM -0700, Erik Steffl wrote:
> > the key/mouse-bindings are defined for given modifiers. numlock is one
> > of the modifiers (just like alt, shift or ctrl are), so pressing crtl-a
> > and ctrl-a-with-numlock-enabled are two different key-bindings.
> >
> > I have most of the mouse/key-bindigs twice, with and without numlock.
>
> Thanx for the info. I just found an old message with more or less the same
> information.

This is the relevant section of our FAQ (and this one is surely
the most frequently asked question). The IgnoreModifiers
command is new in the 2.3.x betas, but the part about xmodmap
works in 2.2.4 too:

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5.5 Why do NumLock, CapsLock and ScrollLock interfere with
     ClickToFocus and/or my mouse bindings?

A: Because they are treated as modifiers. You can use the
   IgnoreModifiers command to turn individual modifiers off for
   bindings. With XFree86 the right command is

     IgnoreModifiers L25

   If you changed your modifiers manually or are using a different
   X server use the 'xmodmap' command to find out which modifiers
   correspond to the keys you want to switch off.

   This command creates a lot of extra network traffic, depending
   on your CPU, network connection, the number of Key Mouse commands
   in you configuration file and the number of modifiers you want to
   ignore. If you do not have a lightning fast machine ore very few
   bindings you should not ignore more than two modifiers. E.g. do
   not ignore scroll-lock if you have no problem with it.

   A better way to solve this problem is to modify the keyboard
   mapping of your X server. The commands

     xmodmap -e "clear Lock"
     xmodmap -e "clear Mod2"
     xmodmap -e "clear Mod5"

   remove the CapsLock, NumLock and ScrollLock from the keyboard map.
   Pressing these keys has no effect then. To re-add them try this:

     xmodmap -e "add Lock = Caps_Lock"
     xmodmap -e "add Mod2 = Num_Lock"
     xmodmap -e "add Mod5 = Scroll_Lock"

   Please refer to the man page of the xmodmap command for further
   details.
----------------------- snip --------------------------

Bye

Dominik ^_^

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Received on Tue Jun 20 2000 - 11:55:29 BST

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