Hi In X11 using the X keyboard extension (xkb) it is possible to redirect one key to another. For example I have redirected "Control+j" to "left", "Control+l" to "right" and likewise other keys.
So when I press "j" while control is pressed this is supposed to redirect to "left" and release all modifier state before doing so. So all applications should see/handle is the resulting "left" without a modifier set. This is explained in some more detail at http://www.mail-archive.com/i...@xfree86.org/msg01858.html. Dmenu does not recognize the redirection. In fact it appears to simply ignores the respective key presses completely. To make it easier to reproduce this I have attached a patch with modifies the us layout to redirect "Control-j,k,l" to left, up and right respecively. Apply it like this: 0. setxkbmap -print # so the current configuration can later be restored 1. cd /path/to/xkb/configuration # likely /usr/share/X11/xkb 2. patch -p5 --backup < us-redirect.2.diff 3. setxkbmap -layout us 4. start dmenu, provide some input 5. try to move around with "C-j"->"left" and "C-l"->"right" 6. cp symbols/us.orig symbols/us; cp types/complete.orig types/complete 7. setxkbmap -layout "the one from above" # or if this fails restart X11 thx for your help
