Re: Problems Using Hyper Key modifier

[Pascal Bourguignon <spam@mouse-potato.com>]

Tim Johnson <tim@johnsons-web.com> writes:

> Hello:
>
> I would like to map my TAB key to the hyper key modifier.
>
> After running the following command to map the TAB key to Hyper key:
> xmodmap -e "keycode 23 = Hyper_L"
>
> xev tells me that keycode 23 is Hyper_L, but
> <blush> I find that that c-h k <ret>
> TAB-n only recognizes the "n". 
> The TAB=>Hyper_L key is not recognized as a modifier

Did you press both keys simultaneously? TAB-down n-down n-up TAB-up
Did you list Hyper_L as a modifier?

> What else do I need to do? 
>
> NOTE: There are many examples found by Google that show how to map
> caps_lock to hyper, but I have already successfully mapped caps_lock to
> control_L.
>
> Also, attempts to map control_r (keycode 109) to Hyper_R fail
> as well.

Put something like:

clear Shift
clear Lock
clear Control
clear Mod1
clear Mod2
clear Mod3
clear Mod4
clear Mod5

! In order of bits: 
add    Shift   = Shift_L     Shift_R
add    Lock    = Caps_Lock
add    Control = Control_L   Control_R
add    Mod1    = Alt_L       Alt_R
add    Mod2    = Num_Lock
add    Mod3    = Super_L     Super_R
add    Mod4    = Meta_L      Meta_R
add    Mod5    = Hyper_L     Hyper_R     

in your ~/.xmodmap


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