https://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Tue, 05 Aug 2014 18:02:05 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4396/i3wm-inside-virtualbox-with-synergy/(I'd like to share this, it isn't really a question ;) I have an Ubuntu 12.04 install running inside Virtualbox on my ThinkPad. I have a trusty Linux desktop PC which runs a Synergy server talking to a Synergy client on my Thinkpad. I like to drive i3wm from the desktop PC keyboard with the ThinkPad display on the desktop PC monitor. **Disaster!** The Win key sent by Synergy is consumed by Windows before it reaches i3wm so most of my mod4 keybindings conflict with Windows short cuts. What to do? https://github.com/alols/xcape The **xcape** program lets me send a key when I press Shift alone, otherwise Shift works as normal. I modified i3wm config using modes (think ctrl-x in emacs) such that to type Win+X I hit Shift then X. As icing on the cake I disabled the left Win key with xmodmap. Thus I can forget Windows is there when I run i3wm. Tue, 05 Aug 2014 18:02:05 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/4396/i3wm-inside-virtualbox-with-synergy/