Re: [Xbindkeys-devel] need modifiers to work alongside bindkey setting

[Clint Meyer]

Thanks, I did that and it makes sense.  Xbindkeys is very cool

Clint

-----Original Message-----
From: Philippe Brochard [mailto:address@hidden 
Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 4:29 PM
To: Clint Meyer
Cc: address@hidden
Subject: Re: [Xbindkeys-devel] need modifiers to work alongside bindkey setting

Clint Meyer writes:

Hi,

> I have been battling with my multibutton mouse for a while and have
> finally come close to getting what I need.
>
> I have installed xbindkeys and xvkbd and have successfully bound my
> mouse buttons to keyboard actions.  Below is an example
>
> "xvkbd  -xsendevent -text "\[Left]""
>       m:0x0 + b:9
>
> This binds my button 9 to the left arrow.  This works great, however
> when I press Alt and mouse button 9, I do not get the same affect as
> Alt + left arrow.  It basically does not change mouse button 9 to left
> arrow because I have the Alt button pressed. 
>
> Do I have to make a separate keybinding for all of my modifications of
> left arrow?
>
Yes, you'll have to do so.

> In my application I use all combinations of Shift, Ctrl, Meta with
> left arrow to do different things.
>
> Thanks for the help
>
> Clint
>
Philippe