----- Original Message -----
From: Dominik Vogt <dominik.vogt_at_gmx.de>
To: <fvwm_at_fvwm.org>
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 4:35 PM
Subject: Re: FVWM: Java freezes fvwm shortcuts
> 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:
>
> ----------------------- snip --------------------------
> 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 ^_^
>
> --
> Dominik Vogt, dominik.vogt_at_gmx.de
> Reply-To: dominik.vogt_at_gmx.de
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Received on Wed Jun 21 2000 - 12:08:42 BST