[xmonad] xmonad and remapping keys with xmodmap

[Ico Doornekamp]

* On Fri Jan 18 15:45:26 +0100 2013, wagnerdm wrote:
 
> Quoting Ico <xmonad at zevv.nl>:
> 
> > - I remap the numpad arrows to send 'Left' instead of KP_Left':
> >
> >   xmodmap -e "keycode 83 = Left Left"
> >   ...
> >
> > - Xmonad now works with the keypad left arrow key, but the normal arrow
> >   key (that was not remapped) is no longer picked up by xmonad. It works
> >   for all other apps I tested, though. xev shows the normal key symbols
> >   when pressing the keys.
> 
> Yeah, that's a bit annoying. The culprit is that xmonad asks X to  
> convert keysyms into keycodes, then binds keycodes instead of keysyms.  

Yes, that makes perfect sense.

> This is subtly a bug because many keycodes may map to the same keysym,
> in which case X will choose one arbitrarily to return from the
> conversion. 

That's a bit of a funny way of doing things, but explains just fine what
I'm seeing here.

> You might be interested in
> 
> http://code.google.com/p/xmonad/issues/detail?id=273

Thank you, I'll check that out.

Ico
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