Key bindings (including the standard "alt-tab" for switching) no longer works under icewm (>1.2.13) if numlock is on. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge icewm (the latest stable is 1.2.16 so you will be able to reproduce it) 2. use icewm as your window manager 3. try any key bindings with numlock on, including alt-tab Actual Results: Key bindings that worked in icewm-1.2.13 and earlier will just stop working whenever your numlock is on. Turn off numlock and it will work. Expected Results: Key bindings should be oblivious to numlock. At least for me, after months of frustration, the following code change solved my problem. It turns out for some reason, MetaLock is equal to NumLock on the machines I have tried. Not sure why that is the case. --- icewm-1.2.17/src/yxapp.cc 2004-11-07 09:04:09.000000000 -0600 +++ /home/btek/app/icewm-1.2.17/src/yxapp.cc 2004-11-13 14:08:34.940802158 -0600 @@ -385,6 +385,9 @@ if (MetaMask == AltMask) MetaMask = 0; + if (MetaMask == NumLockMask) + MetaMask = 0; + MSG(("alt:%d meta:%d super:%d hyper:%d mode:%d num:%d scroll:%d", AltMask, MetaMask, SuperMask, HyperMask, ModeSwitchMask, NumLockMask, ScrollLockMask));
Bugs fixed in CVS for icewm. https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=100031&aid=1065899&group_id=31
before i go apply a patch, make it so i can reproduce it, i am on 1.2.17 (latest stable on maintainer's archs ppc and x86) i have numlock on, and alt-tab works as expected if you have this problem with 1.2.17, i suggest you fix your system, as it doesn't seem to be a problem that is reproducable
Glad to hear that it isn't a problem for others. It has been an irritating problem for me and my co-workers. Must be one of our settings causing it. Anyway, the icewm people have traced it down to a code problem and patched it, and it will be available in the next version. Thanks for looking into it.
waiting for upstream fix
