On Monday, 2003.07.14, 16:14:34 +0100, Thomas Adam wrote:
> >
> > After upgrading to Mandrake 9.1, I've noticed that when I hit
> > <LeftAlt>+<Tab> the window list goes away as soon as I release <Tab>,
> > but if I hit <RightAlt>+<Tab> the window list stays up 'til I hit <Esc>
> > or select a window. I've tried changing some seemingly relevant
> > settings in various files under /etc/X11 but nothing has had any effect.
> > Has anyone else experienced this? Thanks much.
>
> I haven't experienced this, but there are two things I can think of:
>
> The first is that the right alt button, might be a modifier under fvwm.
Well, if I understand things correctly both left and right alt buttons
are supposed to be Meta keys and therefore modifiers. The fact that
both <LeftAlt>+<Tab> and <RightAlt>+<Tab> bring up the window list
confirm this, no?
> The other thing to do is to use xmodmap to reflect the same behaviour as
> the left alt key (xkeycaps comes in handy here).
Don't have xkeycaps. Can I use xev to examine each's behavior?
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Received on Mon Jul 14 2003 - 10:23:21 BST