[xmonad] shiftmask stopped working

Jim Burton jim at sdf-eu.org
Fri Mar 13 06:01:48 EDT 2009


Does anyone know of an x application that I could use to work out what is
actually being entered when I press a shift key (right and left have the
same problem)? This might help me solve the problem.

Thanks,

Jim
Jim Burton wrote:
> Hi, I upgraded my OS from ubuntu hardy to intrepid and shiftMask stopped
> working in xmonad 0.8. Keybindings like M-p work but M-S-p does nothing or
> tries to enter 'P' into the window with focus. I'm still using the same
> keyboard & kbd layout. This is part of my xmonad.hs:
>
> myKeys (XConfig {modMask = modm}) =
>                M.fromList [ ((modm .|. shiftMask,   xK_p),      spawn
> "bash -ci emacs")
>                           , ((modm,                 xK_F2),     spawn
> "gmrun")
>                           , ((modm .|. shiftMask,   xK_Tab),    windows
> W.focusUp)
>                           , ((modm .|. controlMask, xK_Delete), spawn
> cmd_shutdown)
>                           , ((modm,                 xK_p),      spawn
> cmd_dmenu)
>                           , ((modm .|. shiftMask,   xK_z),      spawn
> "gnome-screensaver-command -l")
>                           ]
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Jim Burton
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Jim Burton



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