Question: Shifts to parentheses

[JoshuaCrewe]

So far this has been a very easy to use and effective tool 👍

I tried to map left shift to left parens but I couldn’t seem to get it to work.

Looking at the available options I thought LeftShift=KPLeftParen would get me there but it doesn’t output a (.

What am I misunderstanding?

[ursm]

Hi, I'm glad you have used this little tool.

I'm not sure why KPLeftParen doesn't work, but I think it probably requires multi-key strokes like Shift + 9. Unfortunately osm does not currently have this feature.

I want to add this feature, but I'm not sure when I can get started. Of course, it's greatly appreciated if anyone challenges this. ;)

[JoshuaCrewe]

Thanks for the response.

xcape worked in the same way I think and it would make sense that the system would need to simulate multiple keys. Karabiner on MacOs works like this too as far as I remember.

I am going to sit down and do a proper investigate about what it actually does.

I think the switch to Wayland is a slow process so let's play the long game with this one ;) I have done the smallest amount of Go but did enjoy it, I'll sit down with the code and see how this all works.

Cheers!

[ursm]

@JoshuaCrewe
Now osm is able to map keys to parentheses. It's been a long time and I don't know if you still need this, but I hope it helps.

$ sleep 1 && sudo osm --device /dev/input/event5 --keymap LeftShift=KPLeftParen

Note: sleep 1 is needed because osm will malfunction if a key is pressed at startup (not required for autostart).

KeyPress event, serial 37, synthetic NO, window 0x3a00001,
    root 0x6c9, subw 0x3a00002, time 58999324, (44,53), root:(3934,172),
    state 0x0, keycode 187 (keysym 0x28, parenleft), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (28) "("
    XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (28) "("
    XFilterEvent returns: False

KeyRelease event, serial 37, synthetic NO, window 0x3a00001,
    root 0x6c9, subw 0x3a00002, time 58999324, (44,53), root:(3934,172),
    state 0x0, keycode 187 (keysym 0x28, parenleft), same_screen YES,
    XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (28) "("
    XFilterEvent returns: False

[JoshuaCrewe]

@ursm thanks for remembering this! I actually went with a different implementation in the end. https://gitlab.com/interception/linux/plugins/dual-function-keys

I recently did another dive into the Wayland state of play and am sticking with Xorg for the time being. I don't know when Wayland will actually be desirable. It is excellent to know there are multiple solutions to the key modding game though.