[wiki] [official] Added modifier key change to windows key || f

From: <hg_AT_suckless.org>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:31:02 +0100 (BST)

changeset: 80:e96ca080e90d
user: f.e.negroni_AT_gmail.com
date: Tue Jul 29 23:21:42 2008 +0100
files: dwm/customisation/windows_key.md
description:
Added modifier key change to windows key


diff -r 86d79d667bae -r e96ca080e90d dwm/customisation/windows_key.md
--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/dwm/customisation/windows_key.md Tue Jul 29 23:21:42 2008 +0100
_AT_@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+Change Mod1 key to the Windows key in config.h
+==============================================
+
+dwm refers to the Mod1 key as the key that you must press to issue commands to it.
+On most keyboards, Mod1 is mapped to the left Alt key.
+Most new keyboards now come equipped with the *Windows* key.
+Since no known UNIX/X applications are known to use the Windows key, it is an excellent alternative mapping to issue commands to dwm.
+
+In config.h, under the comment `/* key definitions */`, you can find the line
+
+ #define MODKEY Mod1Mask
+
+In order to change dwm's modifier key to the Windows key, you can simply change its value definition to Mod4Mask.
+
+ #define MODKEY Mod4Mask
+
+The following patch also produces the same result:
+
+ --- a/config.def.h Sun Jul 27 03:34:57 2008 +0100
+ +++ b/config.def.h Sun Jul 27 23:04:57 2008 +0100
+ _AT_@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
+ };
+
+ /* key definitions */
+ -#define MODKEY Mod1Mask
+ +#define MODKEY Mod4Mask
+ #define TAGKEYS(KEY,TAG) \
+ { MODKEY, KEY, view, {.ui = 1 << TAG} }, \
+ { MODKEY|ControlMask, KEY, toggleview, {.ui = 1 << TAG} }, \
+
+Can I use any other modifier key?
+---------------------------------
+
+Yes.
+There are 5 modifiers, Mod1Mask to Mod5Mask.
+They are associated to up-to three keysyms (keycodes) from the X window server.
+To show the current association on your keyboard, run `xmodmap` with no arguments.
+It will show something like:
+
+ $ xmodmap
+ xmodmap: up to 3 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses):
+
+ shift Shift_L (0x32), Shift_R (0x3e)
+ lock Caps_Lock (0x42)
+ control Control_L (0x25), Control_R (0x6d)
+ mod1 Alt_L (0x40), Alt_L (0x7d), Meta_L (0x9c)
+ mod2 Num_Lock (0x4d)
+ mod3
+ mod4 Super_L (0x7f), Hyper_L (0x80)
+ mod5 Mode_switch (0x5d), ISO_Level3_Shift (0x7c)
+
+Using `xev`, a utility to show X events, such as key presses, we can quickly identify which keysym (keycode) combination a particular key has, and associate that to a modifier using `xmodmap`.
Received on Wed Jul 30 2008 - 09:31:02 CEST