On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 19:34:08 -0400 cga2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 03:36:13PM EDT, Celejar wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm setting up Xorg to switch between keyboard layouts using keyboard > > combinations like 'ctrl_shift'. 'grp:win_switch' works correctly, as > > does 'grp:ctrl_shift_toggle'. One thing I can't get to work is > > 'grp:win_shift_toggle' or 'grp:win_ctrl_toggle'. In other words, > > AFAICT the win key is recognized by itself, but combos involving it and > > another modifier aren't, even though combos such as 'ctrl_shift' work > > fine. Any ideas? Am I missing something? In 'xev', 'shift' and 'ctrl' > > show up as "Shift_L" and "Control_L" (for the left ones), and 'win' > > shows up as "Super_L" (unless I set 'grp:win_switch', in which case it > > shows up as "Mode_switch". Any help will be appreciated, as well as a > > pointer to good docs on this stuff. > > Unfortunately, I can't answer the above.. but since I'm genuinely > interested in everything keyboard-related I do hope somebody else will. > > I would like to understand why you want to use _two_ modifiers > concurrently. Doesn't X support five modifiers? If I'm correct .. on a > standard keyboard, this adds up to something like 400 separate actions > or thereabout.. To me this sounds like plenty .. I mean _400_ keyboard > actions to memorize .. to the point where you can use them automatically > without thinking .. implying that if you have to think .. ponder their > mnemonic value .. or worse look them up on a cheat sheet .. it kind of > defeats the purpose of keyboard shortcuts, no..? > > What I'm driving at .. is that synchronizing modifier+<key> is already a > considerably more difficult task than just hitting <key>. As a result, I > have banned modifier1+modifier2+<key> from my personal landscape. > > Thanks, > cga Well, to be perfectly honest, the various guides to keyboard switching (e.g. this one [1]), had mentioned 'grp:win_shift_toggle', which I couldn't get to work, and I then became frustrated trying to understand why. Since I understand very little about Xkb options, I have no idea whether all 400 single modifier combinations (I assume you mean 5 modifiers multiplied by about 80 keys) are allowed in this context; they may very well be. Thanks, Celejar [0] http://www.iglu.org.il/faq/cache/86.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
