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lawschool121

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Registered: 2010-08-24

Posts: 2

How to bind a modifier to an action?

Is there any way to make, say, control send a command like "escape" when pressed a single time IN ADDITION to all of its other functions?  I cannot figure out how to make single pressed modifiers in linux send unique actions.  Any advice?

serprex

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Registered: 2010-08-04

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Re: How to bind a modifier to an action?

What context are you trying to bind in? WM shortcuts? Xlib? XCB?

splittercode

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From: WI, USA

Registered: 2010-03-16

Posts: 203

Re: How to bind a modifier to an action?

Just glancing over the xmodmap manual, it appears you can use the keysym option to map the same key to multiple actions.

EXAMPLE: xmodmap -e "keysym Alt_L = Meta_L Alt_L"

lawschool121

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Registered: 2010-08-24

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Re: How to bind a modifier to an action?

The idea is to take a key, say Control, and make it BOTH at the same time:

1. A modifier Key
2. An action key

For example: if I press control a single time, it acts as an escape key by sending the "escape" action.  If I press control + C, it might copy text while not sending an escape command. 

You can certainly do this in windows, but I can't find ANY way to do this in linux!