[Xquartz-dev] Re-enable fn for fake mouse buttons
Martin Otte
otte at duke.edu
Sat Apr 11 09:06:04 PDT 2009
With the last few releases, I could no longer use the fn key on my
powerbook as a fake mouse modifier.
Here is patch to darwinEvents.c, based on an earlier commit "Re-
enable support for capslock", that allows fn to be used again for
fake_button2 or 3:
--- xorg-server-1.4.2-apple41/hw/xquartz/darwinEvents.c.orig
2009-04-11 11:01:07.000000000 -0400
+++ xorg-server-1.4.2-apple41/hw/xquartz/darwinEvents.c 2009-04-11
11:17:20.000000000 -0400
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ int darwin_modifier_mask_list[] = {
#else
NX_CONTROLMASK, NX_SHIFTMASK, NX_COMMANDMASK, NX_ALTERNATEMASK,
#endif
- NX_ALPHASHIFTMASK,
+ NX_ALPHASHIFTMASK, NX_SECONDARYFNMASK,
0
};
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ static void DarwinUpdateModifiers(
}
for(f=darwin_modifier_mask_list; *f; f++)
- if(*f & flags && *f != NX_ALPHASHIFTMASK) {
+ if(*f & flags && *f != NX_ALPHASHIFTMASK && *f !=
NX_SECONDARYFNMASK) {
key = DarwinModifierNXMaskToNXKey(*f);
if(key == -1)
ErrorF("DarwinUpdateModifiers: Unsupported NXMask:
0x%x\n", *f);
I prefer to use the fn key for one of the fake clicks because some X
apps have a use for shift, control, or option clicks.
Thanks,
Martin
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