how to specify left shift

answered 2014-06-15 13:08:04 +0000

phairland
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Depending on your keyboard layout you can use bindcode command to distinguish between the two.

Run xbindkeys -k, it will prompt you to press a key and it will give a number code. Use that code with bindcode. You can install xbindkeys from most linux distributions.

For example after running that command I press left key on my keyboard:

Press combination of keys or/and click under the window.
You can use one of the two lines after "NoCommand"
in $HOME/.xbindkeysrc to bind a key.
"(Scheme function)"
    m:0x1 + c:37
    Shift + Shift_L

Then I press right shift:

Press combination of keys or/and click under the window.
You can use one of the two lines after "NoCommand"
in $HOME/.xbindkeysrc to bind a key.
"(Scheme function)"
    m:0x1 + c:105
    Shift + Shift_R

So the way to distinguish both keys are:

bindcode 37
bindcode 105