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How to bind special keys

asked Jan 6 '14

lzap gravatar image

Hello,

I would like to bind [ and ( keys as well as some Czech keys like ú (u with acute). How to do that? Thanks!

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answered Jan 6 '14

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updated Jan 6 '14

xev gives me the following names that seem to work in .i3/config:
( parensleft
[ bracketleft
{ braceleft

:/left/right/ for each the closing equivalent.

I don't know much about czech characters, but ä (a umlaut) for example is "adiaeresis".

EDIT:
Here's a link to a pretty useful table with all (most?) available characters and their names.

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Oh right, xev! How could I forget. Thanks!

lzap gravatar imagelzap (Jan 7 '14)edit

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