Re: FVWM: React to event "KeyPress Control_L, KeyRelease Control_L"

Dominik Vogt <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.window-managers.fvwm
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Sat, Apr 11, 2020 at 04:37:40PM +0200, Dr Rainer Woitok wrote:
> is there a way in Fvwm to bind some command to just pressing and immedi-
> ately releasing the Ctrl-key without pressing any other key?

No, binding things to modifier key does not work.  I've tried to
implement that many years ago, but the X interface is just not
suited for this kind of binding.  To trap key press and release
events it's necessary to redirect all keyboard input to fvwm.

> Holding down Ctrl any pressing A should NOT trigger this command.

Ciao

Dominik ^_^  ^_^

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Dominik Vogt
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