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1 Change Mod1 key to the Windows key in config.h |
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2 ============================================== |
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3 dwm's documentation refers to Mod1 as the modifier key that you must pre… |
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4 issue commands to it. On most keyboards, Mod1 is mapped to the left Alt … |
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5 Most new keyboards now come equipped with the *Windows* key. Since no kn… |
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6 UNIX/X applications are known to use the Windows key, it is an excellent |
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7 alternative mapping to issue commands to dwm. |
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9 In config.h, under the comment `/* key definitions */`, you can find the… |
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11 #define MODKEY Mod1Mask |
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12 |
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13 In order to change dwm's modifier key to the Windows key, you can simply… |
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14 its value definition to Mod4Mask. |
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15 |
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16 #define MODKEY Mod4Mask |
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17 |
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18 The following patch also produces the same result: |
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19 |
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20 --- a/config.def.h Sun Jul 27 03:34:57 2008 +0100 |
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21 +++ b/config.def.h Sun Jul 27 23:04:57 2008 +0100 |
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22 @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ |
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23 }; |
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24 |
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25 /* key definitions */ |
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26 -#define MODKEY Mod1Mask |
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27 +#define MODKEY Mod4Mask |
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28 #define TAGKEYS(KEY,TAG) \ |
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29 { MODKEY, KEY, view, … |
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30 { MODKEY|ControlMask, KEY, toggleview, … |
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32 Can I use any other modifier key? |
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33 --------------------------------- |
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34 Yes. There are 5 modifiers, Mod1Mask to Mod5Mask. They are associated to… |
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35 three keysyms (keycodes) from the X window server. To show the current |
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36 association on your keyboard, run `xmodmap` with no arguments. It will s… |
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37 something like: |
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38 |
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39 $ xmodmap |
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40 xmodmap: up to 3 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses): |
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41 |
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42 shift Shift_L (0x32), Shift_R (0x3e) |
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43 lock Caps_Lock (0x42) |
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44 control Control_L (0x25), Control_R (0x6d) |
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45 mod1 Alt_L (0x40), Alt_L (0x7d), Meta_L (0x9c) |
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46 mod2 Num_Lock (0x4d) |
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47 mod3 |
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48 mod4 Super_L (0x7f), Hyper_L (0x80) |
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49 mod5 Mode_switch (0x5d), ISO_Level3_Shift (0x7c) |
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51 Using `xev`, a utility to show X events, such as key presses, we can qui… |
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52 identify which keysym (keycode) combination a particular key has, and as… |
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53 that to a modifier using `xmodmap`. |
