The user guide suggests using xmodmap -pke or xev to figure out key symbols to use with bindsym in the i3 config. However not all key symbols are recognised, e.g. Alt_L (key code 64).
How is the user supposed to know that you need to use the modifier keys Mod1 rather than Alt_L and Mod4 rather than Super_L?
Alt+L is a modifier, hence X11 handles it differently than just a regular key.
Running xmodmap (without arguments) will display the available modifiers and which keys trigger each modifier.
I don’t think there’s anything we can do in i3 to make this significantly easier, that modifiers exist and how they are configured/how they behave is just something that you’ll have to learn when dealing with X11 :).
Asked: 2015-03-26 08:34:58 +0000
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Last updated: Mar 26
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