devil@techunix.BITNET (Gil Tene) (02/20/91)
Hello XFolk ! I am trying to figure out how to make a modifier key act as a switch key (ala Caps Lock), and not as a shift key (ala shift). I just found out about the Mode_switch Keysym in R4, it is GREAT! It let's me map an alternate keyboard very easily, and doesn't really affect the "main" keyboard mapping. There is only one thing wrong: it seems I can only use it as a "shift-like" modifier, and not "caps-lock-like" : e.g. : I can't seem to find a way to cause the key mapped to Mode_switch to act as a switch (on/off), instead of a hold-it-down-to-use key. Experimenting under OpenWindows 2, I found that I must map Mode_switch as modifier mod3, otherwise it won't work. I also found that num-lock must be mapped as mod4. When I switch the Num_Lock and Mode_switch modifier settings (mod3 = Num_Lock, mod4 = Mode_switch) The Num_Lock key acts as a Mode_switch key (just what I wanted, a switch mode Mode_switch key), and the Mode_switch key (Alt Graph on the KB) acts like a Num_Lock, only it doesn't lock, and must be used as a shift key. What I want to do is define Mode_switch to act as a lock key, without hurting my Num_lock definitions. Does anyone out there know how to do this ? AdvThanks, -- Gil. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- | Gil Tene "Some days it just doesn't pay | | devil@techunix.technion.ac.il to go to sleep in the morning." | --------------------------------------------------------------------