[SOLVED]meta keys and irssi

Him · 2010-09-03 23:18:59

Hi all,
I recently got a new laptop. This laptop has a strange keyboard, with the windows key in the top right. Because of this, I remapped the Mod4 function to Alt_L and the Mod1 function to Super_L and Alt_R using xmodmap.

Now, all these keys work fine in things like Gimp, Firefox, and XChat, but enter a terminal application like irssi, and it won't detect when I hold down my Super_L key to switch windows, it'll just output whatever window number I hit. It's not just a urxvt issue, it does the same in xterm.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

EDIT: Well, I found I can use Ctrl+N and Ctrl+P to move around, so it's pretty much a fix.

Last edited by Him (2010-09-04 22:54:57)

.:B:. · 2010-09-04 00:04:19

Run cat in a terminal, press the button combination you use and see what result it gives. E.g. Control+A will show up like this:

$ cat
^A

Compare that to what you should be getting, I assume something goes wrong there.

Him · 2010-09-04 03:26:55

Strange, when I do that and hit my alt keys and super_l key, it doesn't output anything, yet it detects it in xev.

anonymous_user · 2010-09-04 03:32:08

Try pressing Alt and a letter

~ $ cat
^[a

Pressing the super key doesn't show anything for me either though.

Him · 2010-09-04 03:51:16

Same thing happens.

Arch Linux

#1 2010-09-03 23:18:59

[SOLVED]meta keys and irssi

#2 2010-09-04 00:04:19

Re: [SOLVED]meta keys and irssi

#3 2010-09-04 03:26:55

Re: [SOLVED]meta keys and irssi

#4 2010-09-04 03:32:08

Re: [SOLVED]meta keys and irssi

#5 2010-09-04 03:51:16

Re: [SOLVED]meta keys and irssi

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