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Sending Super/Meta4 Shifted Events

[Clay B. <cla...@gm...>]

I have been struggling with sending events that are combinations with 
the Super/Meta4/"Windows" key.  My syntax is

[...]
   begin
       remote = rm1000w
       button = prev
       repeat = 0
       config = Key mod4-comma CurrentWindow
   end
[...]

but I've tried Super_L- and meta4- as well.  Is there a way to cause 
this shifting?  I am using a window manager with bindings that are all 
in combination with the Super key (to avoid any possible collisions), 
and I would like to use these shortcuts with my remote.  Is there some 
way to send a key down event for the Super_L (or _R), the key, then the 
key up event as a workaround?

-Clay

Re: Sending Super/Meta4 Shifted Events

[EC <zy...@ve...>]

On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 13:13:30 -0700
Clay Barnes <cla...@gm...> wrote:

> I have been struggling with sending events that are combinations with 
> the Super/Meta4/"Windows" key.  My syntax is
> 
> [...]
>    begin
>        remote = rm1000w
>        button = prev
>        repeat = 0
>        config = Key mod4-comma CurrentWindow
>    end
> [...]

That is not correct lircrc syntax.  You need to have a "prog = <foo>"
entry to specify what program lirc passes the config string to.  Look
at http://lirc.org/html/configure.html#lircrc_format

I believe you can do what you are trying to with irxevent.  Look at its
manpage.

Re: Sending Super/Meta4 Shifted Events

[Clay B. <cla...@gm...>]

EC wrote:

>On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 13:13:30 -0700
>Clay Barnes <cla...@gm...> wrote:
>
>  
>
>>I have been struggling with sending events that are combinations with 
>>the Super/Meta4/"Windows" key.  My syntax is
>>
>>[...]
>>   begin
>>       remote = rm1000w
>>       button = prev
>>       repeat = 0
>>       config = Key mod4-comma CurrentWindow
>>   end
>>[...]
>>    
>>
>
>That is not correct lircrc syntax.  You need to have a "prog = <foo>"
>entry to specify what program lirc passes the config string to.  Look
>at http://lirc.org/html/configure.html#lircrc_format
>
>I believe you can do what you are trying to with irxevent.  Look at its
>manpage.
>
>
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I have no idea how I mangled my message so much where it counts... I 
actually have this section in my config:

    begin
        remote = rm1000w
        button = next
        prog = irxevent
        repeat = 0
        config = Key mod4-period CurrentWindow
    end

Not the one I posted.

--Clay

Re: Sending Super/Meta4 Shifted Events

[EC <zy...@ve...>]

On Mon, 05 Dec 2005 05:46:42 -0700
Clay Barnes <cla...@gm...> wrote:

>     begin
>         remote = rm1000w
>         button = next
>         prog = irxevent
>         repeat = 0
>         config = Key mod4-period CurrentWindow
>     end

look at
http://howto.gp.mines.edu/local-apps/lirc-0.7.1/doc/irxevent.keys as
well as /usr/include/X11/keysymdef.h, there is a list of valid lirc
keys. I see Meta_L and Meta_R, don't think mod4 is a valid descriptor.

Re: Sending Super/Meta4 Shifted Events

[Clay B. <cla...@gm...>]

EC wrote:

> On Mon, 05 Dec 2005 05:46:42 -0700
> Clay Barnes <cla...@gm...> wrote:
>
>> begin
>> remote = rm1000w
>> button = next
>> prog = irxevent
>> repeat = 0
>> config = Key mod4-period CurrentWindow
>> end
>
>
> look at
> http://howto.gp.mines.edu/local-apps/lirc-0.7.1/doc/irxevent.keys as
> well as /usr/include/X11/keysymdef.h, there is a list of valid lirc
> keys. I see Meta_L and Meta_R, don't think mod4 is a valid descriptor.

The documentation seems to imply that mod(3|4)- and meta- should work :
In BNF this looks like:

LINE    = "config =" <KEY|BUTTON|XYKEY> <TARGET> |
          "config =" <KEY|BUTTON|XYKEY> "Focus" <TARGET>
XYKEY   = "xy_Key" <x_position> <y_position> <MOD><KEYSPEC>
KEY     = "Key" <MOD><KEYSPEC>
MOD     = ["shift-"]["numlock-"]["ctrl-"]["alt-"]["meta-"]
          ["numlock-"]["mod3-"]["mod4-"]["scrlock-"]
KEYSPEC = Keyname | "KeySym:"KeySym | "KeyCode:"KeyCode
BUTTON  = "Button" <1..5> <x_position> <y_position>
TARGET  = Windowname | "WindowID" id | "CurrentWindow" | "RootWindow"

(from http://www.lirc.org/html/irxevent.html)

Well, I tried the following config lines anyway:

config = Key mod4-l RootWindow
config = Key mod3-l RootWindow
config = Key meta-l RootWindow
config = Key super-l RootWindow
config = Key hyper-l RootWindow

config = Key mod3-l CurrentWindow
config = Key mod4-l CurrentWindow
config = Key meta-l CurrentWindow
config = Key super-l CurrentWindow
config = Key hyper-l CurrentWindow

in the following context:

begin
remote = rm1000w
button = play
prog = irxevent
repeat = 0
config = Key [shifting]-l [window]
end

...and none did what I was trying to accomplish (trigger a 
window-manager event).

Any idea what else to try?

--Clay