[openbox] keyboard actions and dvorak

[Mikael Magnusson]

On Tue, 19 Dec 2006, Kre?imir ?pes wrote:

> I'm using the dvorak layout, which has 4 special characters on the left
> side (' , . ;).
>
> I can't seem to assign key actions with them: eg. C-' or C-, aren't
> recognised by openbox.
> Is there a way for ob to use those keys? Maby by specyfing key codes
> instead (if that is even possibile in ob3.3.1)?
>
> Or if not, does anyone know a workaround?

All keybinds are specified by zero to a couple of modifiers plus a keysym. 
For letters the keysym is just the letter, but for symbols it's the name 
of the symbol. You can check what the name is with the command 'xev', for 
example:
KeyPress event, serial 30, synthetic NO, window 0x4400001,
     root 0x155, subw 0x0, time 2609563540, (-298,182), root:(330,517),
     state 0x2010, keycode 25 (keysym 0x27, apostrophe), same_screen YES,
     XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (27) "'"
     XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (27) "'"
     XFilterEvent returns: False
tells us that ' is called "apostrophe", so you would put "C-apostrophe" in 
your keybind.

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Mikael Magnusson