Thanks to this list and the Red Hat list, I've been able to set up the Windows
keys on my keyboard as modifiers. This is what I did:
Add the following to ~/fvwm/.fvwm2rc
(These next lines modify the keys so that they're defined as modifiers. Note - I
had to use Super_L and Hyper_L as the modifiers because Super_R and Hyper_R when
added to Mod4 also added themselves to Mod3. Setting it this way allows me to
use the left window key and the right window key as separate modifiers)
######################## Initialization Functions ############################
AddToFunc InitFunction "I" Module FvwmButtons
<edit>
+ "I" Exec exec xmodmap -e 'keycode 115 = Super_L'
+ "I" Exec exec xmodmap -e 'keycode 116 = Hyper_L'
+ "I" Exec exec xmodmap -e 'keycode 117 = Menu'
+ "I" Exec exec xmodmap -e 'add Mod3 = Super_L'
+ "I" Exec exec xmodmap -e 'add Mod4 = Hyper_L'
<edit>
AddToFunc RestartFunction "I" Module FvwmButtons
<edit>
+ "I" Exec exec xmodmap -e 'keycode 115 = Super_L'
+ "I" Exec exec xmodmap -e 'keycode 116 = Hyper_L'
+ "I" Exec exec xmodmap -e 'keycode 117 = Menu'
+ "I" Exec exec xmodmap -e 'add Mod3 = Super_L'
+ "I" Exec exec xmodmap -e 'add Mod4 = Hyper_L'
<edit>
To create shortcut keys with the above, I used the following:
# "3" stands for mod3 "4" for mod4 (xmodmap)
Key F1 A 3 gotoDesk 0 0
Key F2 A 3 gotoDesk 0 1
<etc>
Key KP_Enter A 3 GotoDeskAndPage Prev
Key KP_Add A 3 GotoDesk +1 0 24
Key KP_Subtract A 3 GotoDesk -1 0 24
<etc>
Key F1 A 4 MoveToDesk 0 0
Key F1 A 4 MoveToDesk 0 0
Key F2 A 4 MoveToDesk 0 1
<etc>
Key Left A 3 GotoPage 0 0
Key Up A 3 GotoPage 1 0
Key Right A 3 GotoPage 1 1
Key Down A 3 GotoPage 0 1
<etc>
Key KP_Home A 3 All (MyBar7) Iconify
Key KP_Up A 3 All (MyBar4) Iconify
Key KP_Down A 3 All (MyBar2) Iconify
Key KP_Right A 3 All (MyBar1) Iconify
Key KP_Left A 3 All (MyBar3) Iconify
Key KP_Begin A 3 All (MyBar3) Iconify
Notes
To get the above to work with this keyboard (having the left and right windows
keys act as separate modifiers) I had to set this keyboard in
/etc/X11/XF86Config to a pc101 keyboard. Setting it to pc105 or microsoft (to
get the windows keys to automatically work) did work, but the windows keys
defaulted to the same modifier, meaning that I couldn't set them up as separate
modifiers. Setting the keyboard to pc101 so that these keys weren't
automatically recognized allowed me to individually define them.
Syntax
Here is my output from xmodmap:
$ xmodmap
xmodmap: up to 2 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses):
shift Shift_L (0x32), Shift_R (0x3e)
lock Caps_Lock (0x42)
control Control_L (0x25), Control_R (0x6d)
mod1 Alt_L (0x40), Alt_R (0x71)
mod2 Num_Lock (0x4d)
mod3 Super_L (0x73)
mod4 Hyper_L (0x74)
mod5 Scroll_Lock (0x4e)
To get Fvwm2 to recognize mod3 and mod4, I had to use the following syntax:
Key KP_Begin A 3 All (MyBar3) Iconify
The "3" stands for Mod3. I tried M3, m3, Mod3, and mod3, but only "3" was
recognized. To use two modifiers I had to set it up as:
Key KP_Begin A M/3 All (MyBar3) Iconify
The above works if you hold down the left window key and left alt key
simultaneously while pressing the number 5 on the keypad. If you remove the "/"
it won't work (been there, done that).
I'm using fvwm-2.4.0-2 on a Red Hat 7.0 system.
Glen
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Received on Sun Oct 07 2001 - 09:42:30 BST