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Date:      Wed, 11 Mar 2020 23:46:49 +0100
From:      Michael Gmelin <freebsd@grem.de>
To:        Bob Willcox <bob@immure.com>
Cc:        Mark Martinec <Mark.Martinec+freebsd@ijs.si>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: New Xorg - different key-codes
Message-ID:  <9674EB7F-393B-43DB-9892-83B4F1C88451@grem.de>
In-Reply-To: <20200311222327.GD5435@rancor.immure.com>
References:  <20200311222327.GD5435@rancor.immure.com>

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> On 11. Mar 2020, at 23:25, Bob Willcox <bob@immure.com> wrote:
>=20
> =EF=BB=BFOn Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 11:04:18PM +0100, Michael Gmelin wrote:
>>=20
>>=20
>>>> On 11. Mar 2020, at 22:58, Bob Willcox <bob@immure.com> wrote:
>>>=20
>>> ???On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 02:48:56PM +0100, Michael Gmelin wrote:
>>>> ???
>>>>>> On 11. Mar 2020, at 10:29, Mark Martinec
>>>>>> <Mark.Martinec+freebsd@ijs.si> wrote:
>>>>> ???
>>>>>>=20
>>>>>>> I just updated my laptop from source, and somewhere along the way
>>>>>>> the key-codes Xorg sees changed.
>>>>>> Indeed.  This doesn't just affect -CURRENT: it happened to me on
>>>>>> -STABLE last week, so I'm copying that list too.
>>>>>=20
>>>>> And a "Down" key now opens and closes a KDE "Application Launcher",
>>>>> alternatively with its original function (which makes editing a
>>>>> frustration).
>>>>>=20
>>>>> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D244354
>>>>>=20
>>>>>=20
>>>>=20
>>>> This *might* help you:
>>>>=20
>>>> https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-x11/2020-February/025046.ht=
ml
>>>>=20
>>>> (Short version: run setxkbmap in ~/.xinitrc, e.g.,
>>>> setxkbmap -model pc105 -layout de)
>>>=20
>>> Will running that command return my key mappings back to what they use t=
o be?
>>>=20
>>=20
>> It might fix the ???Down key opens application launcher??? problem by app=
lying the correct keymap (you have to select the correct one, ???de??? proba=
bly won???t cut it for you). At least it did with xfce, where it was importa=
nt to run it before the wm starts - you could also try running it afterwards=
 to see if it makes a difference.
>=20
> I don't know about that problem. What I'm experiencing is the Alt-up,down,=
left,right keys
> don't work as they used to in my ctwm window manager. They used to move th=
e current window
> to the closest boundry in the direction indicated by the key that is also p=
ressed (while
> holding the Alt key down). Also, Alt-shift-up,down,left,right would expand=
 the window in
> the direction indicated by the key. These actions seem to do nothing now.
>=20

I don=E2=80=99t know much about ctwm, but why don=E2=80=99t you give it a sh=
ot?

-m





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