[Wylug-help] X Keyboard Oddness

James Holden james at microcosmos.co.uk
Mon, 17 Mar 2003 16:10:37 -0000 (GMT)


Jason Lander said:
>
>> > I can't think of a way of implementing this on X. You may need to
>> write a little application to capture the 'Alt+num+num+num-alt'
>> sequence and insert the '@' back into the keyboard queue.
>>
>> Bleugh.... there must be a way of getting X to play ball with this
>> one.
>
> This definitely counts as a hack but if the `@' key is delivering the
> equivalent of
>
>   Alt-0 Alt-6 Alt-4
>
> how about xmodmap-ing Alt-0 -> @ and Alt-<other-digits> to nothing.
>
> - Jason

Nope, the sequence is:

Alt down
0 down
0 up
6 down
6 up
4 down
4 up
Alt up

James

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