Re: FVWM: alt+pageup/down aumix controls in fvwm

From: Nori Heikkinen <nori+lists-fvwm_at_maenad.net>
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 13:34:55 -0400

on Thu, 15 Apr 2004 09:49:09AM +0200, stu insinuated:
> On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 16:20:16 -0400
> Nori Heikkinen <nori+lists-fvwm_at_maenad.net> wrote:
>
> > hi,
> >
> > A friend of mine recently showed me about the ALT + page-up or
> > page-down capability to raise or lower the volume by accessing aumix
> > in WindowMaker.
> > I'm now trying to implement this on my own system,
> > but can't figure out the keybindings for it in fvwm.
>
> Start by getting the correct key name for page-up and page-down. Look in
>
> /usr/include/X11/XF86keysym.h
> /usr/include/X11/keysymdef.h

great. i found these by a more careful reading of the manpage, but
they're buried in there! i've been skimming that manpages every now
and then for months, and never found them :-P

> Use the name but remove the XK_ prefix (in your fvwm2rc)
>
> > (a) I'm not sure what exactly those keybindings do (what's A?
> > what's N? where are they documented?), and (b) they don't seem to do
> > what I want.
>
> man fvwm

well, yes, i have been ...

> search for 'Key Keyname Context Modifiers Function'

> > Anyone got any keybinding for the fvwmrc for this?
>
> My volume control is bound to 'print screen' and 'pause' ala
>
> Key Print A N Exec exec aumix -v -5
> Key Pause A N Exec exec aumix -v +5

awesome; thanks! now i understand the whole keybindings better, and
have a better idea of where to refer to in the manpage. i love fvwm,
but i wish the explanation for this were displayed somewhere more
prominent.

thanks agian!

</nori>

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