[winswitch] Specifying xmodmap settings (in a file)

[Antoine Martin]

On 06/06/2012 11:27 PM, Alexey Loginov wrote:
> Okay, thanks for clarifying things!
> 
> I'm still a bit confused by the fact that my problem is very similar
> to what was discussed in xpra.org/trac/ticket/50 (it talks about a
> hack to wrap modifier setting in clear/add context).  There, it was
> noted that xpra.org/trac/changeset/325 provides a better fix (reading
> actual "xmodmap -pm" settings instead of hardcoding modifier
> settings).
This bug is very old, and the keyboard code has been re-worked since.
So I am afraid that this won't help.

> All I really care about is the use of the Mac Alt keys (just the left
> one would be good enough) as Meta.  The clear/keycode/add sequence is
> simply following the standard incantation that's recommended in
> various xmodmap discussions and man pages.
Xpra no longer uses xmodmap (which requires X11) on OSX.
So this would not work.

> Perhaps, I'll try the xpra/xposix/gui.py patch from
> xpra.org/trac/ticket/50 (with appropriate modifier changes) to see if
> that's enough.
Things have changed so much that you will not be able to apply it.
Please see:
http://xpra.org/trac/ticket/134#comment:2
Where I have added some details.

Cheers
Antoine



> 
> Cheers,
> -Alexey
> 
> On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 7:38 AM, Antoine Martin <antoine at nagafix.co.uk> wrote:
>> On 06/06/2012 12:51 AM, Alexey Loginov wrote:
>>> Hi Antoine,
>>>
>>> I switched to the latest, given that you fixed the 'a' issue--thanks a lot!
>>>
>>> Now, I still can't apply my desired xmodmap settings and I'm a bit
>>> confused as to the mechanism I should follow.  Perhaps, you can
>>> clarify the next few points for me:
>>>
>>> 1. The latest version has xpra.org/trac/changeset/325 and
>>> winswitch.org/trac/changeset/4802.  Does one or the other of these,
>>> negate the need for custom xmodmap files?
>> In theory, xpra detects your keymap and all is well.. in theory..
>>
>>> 2. When do I need the ability to set custom xmodmap settings with the
>>> above?  (If I don't ever run X, perhaps?)  I see that you added the
>>> ability to use custom xmodmap files in
>>> winswitch.org/trac/changeset/4903.
>> I have, but this is only for when you are using NX with winswitch.
>> (I have tested this briefly and it seemed to work)
>> As per above, Xpra is supposed to handle keymaps transparently for you,
>> so at present there are no facilities for providing overrides at present.
>>
>>> 3. Do the changesets in question 1 (and the custom settings in
>>> question 2) handle the "clear ... ; keycode ... ; add ..." sequence
>>> correctly (to clear the old logical modifiers, map keysyms, and then
>>> apply new logical modifiers)?
>> No, these changesets are not going to help your special case I am afraid.
>>
>>> I restarted WinSwitch with the X server running.  Then, I restarted it
>>> after making the conf-file changes mentioned in global_settings.py.  I
>>> see mentions of reading appropriate xmodmap settings in log files but
>>> I still don't have the Alt key work as Meta.  Any thoughts as to what
>>> I'm doing wrong?
>> Absolutely nothing!
>> The problem is with xpra (or to be precise, GTK/X11 and in your case
>> GTK/OSX) fails to detect the correct key mapping that you have...
>>
>> There are a number of keyboard bugs in trac that I intend to deal with:
>> https://www.xpra.org/trac/ticket/91
>> https://www.xpra.org/trac/ticket/108
>> https://www.xpra.org/trac/ticket/109
>> https://www.xpra.org/trac/ticket/86
>>
>> However, it may well be that your case cannot be fixed if the problem
>> lies in the underlying GTK or OSX libraries (as I believe it to be the
>> case), so you would need a different solution, I have created a ticket
>> for it here:
>> https://www.xpra.org/trac/ticket/134
>> It does not look particularly difficult to implement, once I get around
>> to it...
>>
>> Cheers
>> Antoine
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> -Alexey
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 2:55 AM, Antoine Martin <antoine at nagafix.co.uk> wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I can reproduce the missing 'a' issue now, so I will fix this asap.
>>>> I have created a ticket for your xmodmap settings option:
>>>> https://www.xpra.org/trac/ticket/134
>>>> Feel free to add info/comments there.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>> Antoine
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 06/03/2012 02:36 AM, Alexey Loginov wrote:
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm setting up xpra/WinSwitch, using older versions (0.7.36/12.10) to
>>>>> get around the missing 'a' issue (https://xpra.org/trac/ticket/92).
>>>>> Older versions don't handle xmodmap setting with modifier keys (e.g.,
>>>>> to swap Escape and Alt, as I do in my .Xmodmap file, shown below).
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there an easy way just to ask WinSwitch/xpra to use an existing
>>>>> .Xmodmap file (e.g., by copying it to .winswitch/server/xmodmap or
>>>>> something like that)?  I got a bit tangled up in the many set_xmodmap
>>>>> functions trying to use a file that I place in the above directory and
>>>>> not let it be overwritten with new xmodmap calls.
>>>>>
>>>>> Of course, if the partial version of xmodmap settings like below
>>>>> doesn't work, please let me know.  Thanks for any help!
>>>>> -Alexey
>>>>>
>>>>> .Xmodmap:
>>>>>
>>>>> ! Make esc and alt behave as Meta:
>>>>> clear Mod1
>>>>> clear Mod2
>>>>> keycode 63 = Mode_switch
>>>>> keycode 66 = Meta_L
>>>>> keycode 69 = Meta_R
>>>>> add Mod1 = Meta_L Meta_R
>>>>> add Mod2 = Mode_switch
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