Re: Stop alt-spacebar window menu

[Bill Farmer <williamjfarmer tiscali co uk>]

I don't think it can be done without changing the window manager default 
key mapping, which apply to all apps. I can't find anything in the 
window and session manager functions part of the xlib documentation that 
says anything about key mapping. I've also tested a simple as possible X 
application with no Gtk in it at all, and it behaves just the same. So 
my problem  has nothing to do with  Gtk. But I didn't know that when I 
asked the question...

Dave Howorth wrote:
> Brian J. Tarricone wrote:
>   
> > 2.  Suggest that users disable conflicting key bindings or, if that's
> > not possible, use a different WM that doesn't have a conflicting key
> > binding (or is configurable).
> >
> > You can't.  The WM doesn't care what app is focused.  It'll eat the key
> > regardless.
> >
> > And besides, even if you do find a solution for GNOME, what about people
> > who run KDE?  Xfce?  LXDE?  *box?  Ratpoison?  ......
> >     
>
> Bill's problem is interesting. It seems like a real reason to want to
> use particular keys. And X11's motto is 'mechanism not policy' so I'd
> persist in trying to find a solution for a while :)
>
> I don't know the answer but I've found a few hints.
>
> (1) a lot of window managers allow you to configure their keybindings
> (e.g. kwin, xfwm, icewm) so maybe that is worth looking at.
>
> (2) The ICCM says <http://tronche.com/gui/x/icccm/sec-6.html#s-6.3>
> "Window managers should ensure that they provide some mechanism for
> their clients to receive events from *all* keys and all buttons" (my
> emphasis) so there's some hope that every window manager will allow
> reconfiguration. The bad news is that they may all do it in different ways.
>
> (3) there is a program called rdesktop that lists the following option
> "-K Do not override window manager key bindings. By default rdesktop
> attempts to grab all keyboard input when it is in focus."
> Which suggests there might be a way to do what you want.
>
> (4) I found the following tantalising hint "It is possible
> to replace most window managers on the fly now with the ââreplace
> switch", which opens another possibility :)
>
> Cheers, Dave
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