Re: combine key to output char with xmodmap

[Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se>]

Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> writes:

>> How can I change this line
>> 
>>     xmodmap -e 'keycode 66=0xe2' # rebind key: CAPS (66) -> â (0xe2)
>> 
>> so that doesn't happen on CAPS alone (66), but
>> instead (and only) on M-CAPS (here, M == Alt_L)?
>> 
>> xev tells me M/Alt_L has has keycode 64.
>
> I'm not sure that's possible with xmodmap.
> Maybe try xmacro?

Good idea, but I didn't get it t work.

With this in ~/keys:

    Delay 1
    String 0xe2

I got the literal chars (0xe2).

With

    Delay 1
    String â

I get "No keycode ... found for char".

I also tried with xdotool(1) like this

    xdotool keydown 0xe2; xdotool keyup 0xe2

That actually did work! ... but only as a command from
xterm :( When I tried to assign an xbindkeys(1)
shortcut, for some reason it wouldn't work, not even
with DISPLAY=:0 on both commands and 0xe2 substituted
for 'a'.

Ideas?

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