[xmonad] Is a sticky Mod key a feasible option?

Spencer Janssen spencerjanssen at gmail.com
Tue Jan 13 00:51:19 EST 2009


On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 11:45:42PM -0500, David Cabana wrote:
> I have one question, concerning a feature wish. I don't have the
> Haskell chops to know whether it is feasible, so I thought I'd ask.
> Would it be possible to have an option to make the Mod key sticky?  A
> sticky Mod key would make typing key combinations a little easier.

This sounds like something that is best handled in the server, rather than the
client.  This worked for me (using the xkbset package in Debian):

    xkbset sticky latchlock


Cheers,
Spencer Janssen


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