[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lars Gullik Bjønnes) writes:
> Rick Janda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> | On Keyboard with 104 or 105 Caps you can use the Windows-Key to
> | separate Meta from Alt. I know many people who use Alt for the whole
> | windowmanager stuff and private shortcuts and Meta for the "normal"
> | programs to do not get a conflict. On XFree86 configuration for
> | 104/105 keys PC-keyboards, Meta get mod 4 and Alt get mod 1.
>
> And in Emacs Meta-x will give "M-x" in the minibuffer?
yes, it does (since Version 19).
>
> LyX currently uses Mod-1.
> Other uses of modifiers must give a keysym lyx can react upon.
>
> If I understand how other programms handeled this I am sure we could
> find a solution.
>
> But it does not seem correct to look at keysym, imho we must look at
> modifier number. (I should be allowed to have my F1 key as mod-1 if I
> want that and F2 as mod-4, how to handle Alt/Meta then?)
Then you must bind Meta_L or Meta_R to the keycode auf F1 and Alt_L or
Alt_R to the keycode of F2.
This is part of the xkeycaps manpage:
" The remaining modifier bits (Mod1 through Mod5)
have semantics which are defined by the keys
with which they are associated.
...
That is, the Control modifier means Control if
it is attached to Control_L or Control_R, and is
illegal elsewhere.
But Mod1 means Meta if it is attached to Meta_L
or Meta_R; but it would mean Alt if it were
attached to Alt_L or Alt_R; or Hyper with
Hyper_L or Hyper_R; and so on. (It could not,
however, be attached to Control_L, since the
Control modifier has already spoken for those
keysyms.)
...
A client needing to use an extra modifier, for exam
ple Meta, should:
Scan the existing modifier mappings. If it finds a
modifier that contains a keycode whose set of
keysyms includes XK_Meta_L or XK_Meta_R, it should
use that modifier bit.
If there is no existing modifier controlled by
XK_Meta_L or XK_Meta_R, it should select an unused
modifier bit (one with an empty controlling set)
and:
If there is a keycode with XL_Meta_L in its set of
keysyms, add that keycode to the set for the cho
sen modifier, then
if there is a keycode with XL_Meta_R in its set of
keysyms, add that keycode to the set for the cho
sen modifier, then
if the controlling set is still empty, interact
with the user to select one or more keys to be
Meta.
If there are no unused modifier bits, ask the user
to take corrective action.
"
If you need more explanation, please read the xkeycap manpage, it
explain the internals of keyboard settings very well, I think.
>
> Lgb
Rick Janda
