Chuck Martin <dclrk7...@sneakemail.com> writes: > On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 09:13:03PM -0500, Dan Espen despen-at-verizon.net > |fvwm| wrote: >> Chuck Martin <dclrk7...@sneakemail.com> writes: >> > On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 08:25:24AM +0000, Thomas Adam >> > thomas.adam22-at-gmail.com |fvwm| wrote: >> >> 2008/12/19 Chuck Martin <dclrk7...@sneakemail.com>: >> >> > Does anyone know why my keybindings fail when fvwm is run under xnest? >> >> > I simply get an error for each binding that says "no such key". >> >> >> >> Depends on the binding -- because XNest acts as an XServer and an >> >> XClient, getting FVWM that's running inside it to recognise modifier >> >> keys correctly is problematic. If you look at using Xephyr instead, >> >> that allows you to grab the pointer via CTRL + Shift which allows most >> >> bindings to work for whatever is running under it. >> > >> > Could you be more specific? I've noticed that it works sometimes, but >> > not always. In trying to find a pattern, every time I think I've figured >> > it out, I find that I'm wrong. It seems to be completely random, but I >> > suspect there must be a reason for it working sometimes, and if I could >> > figure it out, I could make it work consistently (I say completely random, >> > but it fails far more than it works). >> > >> > I should mention that I have remapped the keyboard quite a bit to add >> > new modifier keys (Super, Hyper, and XF86Option, which are assigned to >> > modifiers 3, 4, and 5, respectively) that are used exclusively for the >> > window manager, and all of my FVWM key bindings use them. When the key >> > bindings work, they *all* work, and when they don't they all fail. Any >> > help would be greatly appreciated. >> >> Question 0.1 in the FAQ? > > No. The bindings work in the main window manager, but not in the > Xnested window manager. They also fail from the beginning, rather than > after a few minutes.
You can look at the keymap of the xnest window using xmodmap. xmodmap -d :1 -pke
