New Xorg - different key-codes

[Bob Willcox]

On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 11:46:49PM +0100, Michael Gmelin wrote:
> 
> 
> > On 11. Mar 2020, at 23:25, Bob Willcox <bob at immure.com> wrote:
> > 
> > ???On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 11:04:18PM +0100, Michael Gmelin wrote:
> >> 
> >> 
> >>>> On 11. Mar 2020, at 22:58, Bob Willcox <bob at immure.com> wrote:
> >>> 
> >>> ???On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 02:48:56PM +0100, Michael Gmelin wrote:
> >>>> ???
> >>>>>> On 11. Mar 2020, at 10:29, Mark Martinec
> >>>>>> <Mark.Martinec+freebsd at ijs.si> wrote:
> >>>>> ???
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> I just updated my laptop from source, and somewhere along the way
> >>>>>>> the key-codes Xorg sees changed.
> >>>>>> Indeed.  This doesn't just affect -CURRENT: it happened to me on
> >>>>>> -STABLE last week, so I'm copying that list too.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> And a "Down" key now opens and closes a KDE "Application Launcher",
> >>>>> alternatively with its original function (which makes editing a
> >>>>> frustration).
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=244354
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> This *might* help you:
> >>>> 
> >>>> https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-x11/2020-February/025046.html
> >>>> 
> >>>> (Short version: run setxkbmap in ~/.xinitrc, e.g.,
> >>>> setxkbmap -model pc105 -layout de)
> >>> 
> >>> Will running that command return my key mappings back to what they use to be?
> >>> 
> >> 
> >> It might fix the ???Down key opens application launcher??? problem by applying the correct keymap (you have to select the correct one, ???de??? probably won???t cut it for you). At least it did with xfce, where it was important to run it before the wm starts - you could also try running it afterwards to see if it makes a difference.
> > 
> > I don't know about that problem. What I'm experiencing is the Alt-up,down,left,right keys
> > don't work as they used to in my ctwm window manager. They used to move the current window
> > to the closest boundry in the direction indicated by the key that is also pressed (while
> > holding the Alt key down). Also, Alt-shift-up,down,left,right would expand the window in
> > the direction indicated by the key. These actions seem to do nothing now.
> > 
> 
> I don???t know much about ctwm, but why don???t you give it a shot?

I plan to sometime today when I get into the office. But since it's my work system and I
am dependent on it to do my job, I've just been a little hesitant.

Bob

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