Re: [RP] binding hyper

[Aaron Griffin]

On 8/23/05, Joe Corneli <address@hidden> wrote:
>    On 8/23/05, Nazri Ramliy <address@hidden> wrote:
>    > On 8/24/05, Aaron Griffin <address@hidden> wrote:
>    > > I can't seem to find the proper syntax anywhere to bind to my left
>    > > windows key...can anyone point me in the right direction?
>    >
>    > 1. Let X treat the key as it would any other key using xmodmap, add
>    > this line to your ~/.Xmodmap:
>    >
>    >   keycode 115=F13
>    >
>    > that 115 is the keycode that you'd find out by running xev, F13 is the
>    > next available keysym.  you can use F14, F15 etc.
>    >
>    > 2. run xmodmap - < ~/.Xmodmap from your .xinitrc/.ratpoisonrc
>    >
>    > 3. Now you can map it like this in your ratpoisonrc:
>    >
>    >   definekey top F15 exec ratpoison -c 'echo Windows key'
> 
>    Well blimey! I guess I should have written the message a bit more
>    clearly.  Thanks for this, as it could be useful later on.  What I
>    should have asked was:
>    I can't seem to find the syntax for using the windows key as a
>    modifier... if I want to do:
>    definekey top <WindowsKey>-s vsplit
>    What's the syntax for <WindowsKey>? I can never recall if it's
>    Mod4/Hyper/Super/Mega/Ultra ... what's the proper version in RP?
> 
> There is no syntax for "<WindowsKey>", RP binds actions to keysyms.
> Specifically, keysyms written in the Emacs keyboard macro format.
> If said key is bound to Hyper_L, for example, then you want
> 
>    definekey top H-s vsplit

Yeah, that's exactly what I meant - thanks.  <WindowsKey> was a
placeholder for what I was looking for.  So, I guess I need to verify
that my windows key is Hyper_L then and H-s should work, correct?

Thanks