I also bind dwm keys and others to MOD4 and then use xmodmap to swap it with the Alt key. I rarely use the Alt key and find using the key on either side of the space bar easily accessible with my thumbs.
-steve On 10:33 Wed 22 Jul, Niki Yoshiuchi wrote: >Personally I use the windows key as my modifier, which I think makes the >most sense. However there are keyboards out there that don't have a windows >key so I don't know if it would be a good idea to use that as the default. > >On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Donald Allen <donaldcal...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> I think the default key bindings for dwm are a unfortunate in some >> cases. For example, alt-f, a natural choice for *f*loat mode, >> conflicts with pulling down the File menu in many applications from >> the keyboard. alt-T similarly conflicts with using the Tools menu in >> Firefox from the keyboard. >> >> I realize that these bindings can be changed. But that requires some >> work (and knowledge of C) on the part of the user. I'm talking about >> the choice of the defaults. Perhaps the keys modified by alt should >> instead be modified by ctrl-alt by default? And similarly, alt-shift >> -> ctrl-alt-shift? I am going to test this idea by modifying my setup. >> I'll let you know how it works out. >> >> /Don >> >>
