Re: Minor issue when using alternate xkb groups

On 2008-05-28 14:02 +0000, Tuomo Valkonen wrote:
> The original complainer
> should therefore have no problems on the version of X I'm running
> (from Etch), because the server simply masks the groups, or at
> least the one tied to Mode_Switch, and for some reason Ion actually 
> masks the state with KNOWN_MODIFIERS_MASK in the binding search code
> although it does not ask as to grab things with other modifiers set.

Actually, making Ion print things instead of relying on xev 
alone, it appears that the X server does not set the Mode_Switch 
bit (0x2000) on key events for grabbed keys, although it does set 
it in events for non-grabbed keys (that xev can catch). Thus the 
stray KNOWN_MODIFIERS_MASK code actually does nothing, and the 
X server completely hides Mode_Switch (and any modifiers bound to
it) in events for grabbed keys -- but only for them. On my system, 
that is. Smells like a rotting pile of kludges...

-- 
Tuomo