[Xmonad] Redefining modMask

Donald Bruce Stewart dons at cse.unsw.edu.au
Fri Apr 13 08:16:47 EDT 2007


v.dijk.bas:
> Hello again,
> 
> I would like to assign my modMask to the windows key on my keyboard.
> 
> Using the xorg tool 'xev' I discovered that the keycode of my windows
> key is 115. However, setting modMask = 115 in Config.hs doesn't work.
> 
> Do I have to use a key symbol from Graphics.X11.Types for that? If so,
> which one?

Spencer, Jason?

Possibly you could use xmodmask to remap the windows key to be
mod-something?

-- Don


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