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

[Philippe Brochard]

Clint Meyer writes:

> Thanks, I did that and it makes sense.  Xbindkeys is very cool
>
Thanks for your feedback.

Philippe

> 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