Re: NumLock and Windows key

[ANTHONY SCOTT THOMPSON <asthomps ouray cudenver edu>]

Does this change the bindings for the current process or for the global X
environment?

Thanks,

Tony T.

On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, James Henstridge wrote:

> 
> On Wed, 21 Jun 2000, Sean Thomas Middleditch wrote:
> 
> > 
> > When I configure my Windows key to open the menu, it only works with the
> > NumLock off... apparantly, two different codes are generated for this
> > key whether NumLock is on or off.  Is this a keymap specific thing (I'm
> > using the stock English keymap for Linux-Mandrake 7.0)?  If not, is
> > there an easy fix for this?  Perhaps allowing multiple keys to open the
> > menu... (for example, only my left Windows key works, the right one
> > generates yet another key-code.).
> 
> The numlock key is set up as a modifier key (like shift,alt,ctrl) by
> default in X.  You can see the list of modifiers by running xmodmap.
> 
> When the numlock key is pressed, one of the modifier bits will be set when
> you press the windows key.  The panel probably only binds to the windows
> key with no modifiers set, which is probably why it didn't work for
> you.  You will probably find control+windows key doesn't work either.
> 
> You can clear the keys associated with a particular modifer with 'xmodmap
> -e "clear Modn"'.  For instance, if numlock is on mod2, use:
>   xmodmap -e "clear Mod2"
> 
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Sean Etc.
> > 
> 
> James.
> 
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