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karcher

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Registered: 2018-01-09

Posts: 140

Emacs & i3wm key bindings conflict issue

Hi all,

I'm using i3wm for a while some time with the Windows key and the alt key as modifiers. Now I've started using Emacs (Spacemacs) and since it also needs the alt key I'm having a conflict issue. I've tried to change the alt key for i3wm with the alt gr key as well as with the num key. Both are bad ideas. My keyboard has a menu key (box with 3 lines in it) which works like the right mouse button and I don't really use it. Would it be possible to set this menu key instead of the alt key for i3wm? Is there maybe another better solution?

This is the output of the xmodmap:

xmodmap:  up to 4 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses):

shift       Shift_L (0x32),  Shift_R (0x3e)
lock        Caps_Lock (0x42)
control     Control_L (0x25),  Control_R (0x69)
mod1        Alt_L (0x40),  Meta_L (0xcd)
mod2        Num_Lock (0x4d)
mod3      
mod4        Super_L (0x85),  Super_R (0x86),  Super_L (0xce),  Hyper_L (0xcf)
mod5        ISO_Level3_Shift (0x5c),  Mode_switch (0xcb)

beekay201

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Registered: 2019-07-09

Posts: 9

Re: Emacs & i3wm key bindings conflict issue

xmodmap output looks normal

Assuming that menu key you speak of isn't a standard key, you will probably need to map it - take a look at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/X_ … _extension