Re: [dev] [st/dwm] Alt-Shift-C and Mod1-Shift-C

From: Snobb <snobb_AT_gmx.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 21:36:59 +0000

On 13/01/17 08:52P, Eric Pruitt wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 07:25:06PM +0100, Patrick Bucher wrote:
> > I'm using st and dwm at the same time, and today I discovered a little problem
> > when using the default config of both programs. st uses Alt-Shift-C to copy text
> > into the clipboard, dwm uses Mod1-Shift-C for closing the selected window,
> > whereas Mod1 is Alt by default, at least on my machine. (Maybe some of you use
> > Super_L, vulgo "the Windows key".)
>
> I use Caps Lock as my window manager key since I don't have any other
> use for it:
>
> xmodmap -e "remove mod4 = Hyper_L" \
> -e "remove Lock = Caps_Lock" \
> -e "keysym Caps_Lock = Hyper_L" \
> -e "add mod3 = Hyper_L"
>
> I know a lot of Vimmers like to map caps to escape, but I use "qq"
> instead of escape.

Mapping CapsLock to Ctrl is also good, since Vi/Vim accepts Ctrl-C and Ctrl-[ as an
escape sequence (the former with minor exceptions). Vim allows remapping <esc> to
<c-c> to deal with the exceptions (imap <c-c> <esc>).

>
> Eric
>
>
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