[Xmonad] darcs patch: add modules to deal with Workspaces (select, etc) by n...

[Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH]

On Oct 18, 2007, at 13:16 , David Roundy wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 07:23:15PM +0300, Valery V. Vorotyntsev wrote:
>> BTW, could someone tell me, why does
>>   , ((modMask .|. shiftMask, xK_a), renameWorkspace defaultXPConfig)
>> work and
>>   , ((modMask, xK_A), renameWorkspace defaultXPConfig)
>> (no shift, the capital `A') does not?
>
> Not me... (and not because I'm being unfriendly, either)

Because xmonad listens on untranslated key events, whereas xK_A is a  
translated key event (the translation absorbing the shift status).   
This is also why there are problems when numlock/capslock are  
engaged:  translation normally removes those, but the window manager  
bindings operate at a lower level.

Note that, while xmonad could be changed to operate on translated  
events, that could cause other problems:  notably, for those of us  
who can't allocate e.g. a Windows key to xmonad, we would lose the  
ability to pass through modifier bindings that xmonad itself doesn't  
use.

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