Re: how to modify x11 key mappings? (Insert key is partially blocked)
Re: how to modify x11 key mappings? (Insert key is partially blocked)
- Subject: Re: how to modify x11 key mappings? (Insert key is partially blocked)
- From: Jeremy Huddleston <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 00:19:49 -0700
I don't use Iterm, so I can't really comment on that, but yes... there likely is something that could be called to disable the Insert/Help key from triggering Help. I just don't know what it is, and it's not particularly a high priority for me, but if you can figure out what it is, I'll certainly implement it.
--Jeremy
On Oct 29, 2010, at 16:30, Joshua Redstone wrote:
> But then why does it work fine in Iterm?
> The fact that the Insert key works in the Iterm app suggests to me that it
> is an application issue and that x11 is in principle capable of passing the
> insert key through. For example, one could in principle imagine hacking
> xquartz to do whatever it is iterm does to capture the Insert key.
> Josh
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 4:19 PM, Jeremy Huddleston <email@hidden>wrote:
>
>> Yes. That question was already answered by Jim in the first reply. It is
>> because that physical key corresponds to the "Help" key on Mac keyboards
>> which don't have an Insert.
>>
>>
>> On Oct 29, 2010, at 16:03, Joshua Redstone wrote:
>>
>>> Do you have any sense of why the mapping of the insert key changes based
>> on
>>> the 'Enable Key Equivalents'?
>>> I don't have a mental model for what the 'Enable Key Equivalents' does
>>> internally...
>>> Josh
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Jeremy Huddleston <email@hidden
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> If I knew of a way to do this, I'd do it for you, but I don't.
>>>>
>>>> On Oct 29, 2010, at 11:37, Joshua Redstone wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Jeremy,
>>>>> I was hoping maybe xquartz used some plist somewhere that I could
>> change?
>>>>> If I were willing to modify source-code, do you think doing a mod
>> (maybe
>>>>> just for myself) to get it to not remap Insert
>>>>> would be straight-forward?
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Josh
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Jeremy Huddleston <
>> email@hidden
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Not that I know of...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Oct 29, 2010, at 09:19, Joshua Redstone wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Jim,
>>>>>>> Is there a way to keep 'Enable Key Equivalents' selected and also
>> have
>>>>>>> xquartz not remap Insert? Alternatively, is there a way to have the
>>>>>> "Help"
>>>>>>> key generate a x event? I like being able to use 'Cmd-`' to switch
>>>>>> between
>>>>>>> x windows. - because without it, I don't have a good way to switch
>>>> among
>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> x11 windows. The normal 'Cmd-Tab' task switcher shows only the x11
>> app
>>>>>>> itself, not the windows inside it.
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> Josh
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 3:42 PM, Jim Norris <email@hidden>
>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If you turn off "Enable Key Equivalents" in X11.app the insert key
>>>> works
>>>>>>>> properly, but otherwise it seems mapped to the useless "Help" key.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 2:10 PM, Joshua Redstone <
>> email@hidden
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi x11-users,
>>>>>>>>> Does anyone know how to get xquartz to not partially block the
>>>> 'Insert'
>>>>>>>>> key? I was hoping there's a key map somewhere than I can
>> configure.
>>>>>>>>> When I run xev inside xterm on xquartz 2.5.3 on OSX 10.6.4,
>> pressing
>>>>>>>>> Insert (on a microsoft natural keyboard) in combination with ALT or
>>>>>> CRTL
>>>>>>>>> produces an X event for the insert key, but just pressing insert or
>>>>>>>>> shift-insert does not produce an event for the key. I've been able
>>>> to
>>>>>> get
>>>>>>>>> all of these key combinations to work fine inside the iTerm app, so
>> I
>>>>>> think
>>>>>>>>> it's an issue with x11 rather than some other piece of osx
>>>> intercepting
>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> key combinations.
>>>>>>>>> Any suggestions?
>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>> Josh
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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