static int sockfd;
static xcb_key_symbols_t *symbols;
static int modeswitchmask;
+static int numlockmask;
static bool modeswitch_active = false;
static xcb_window_t win;
static xcb_pixmap_t pixmap;
*
*/
static uint8_t *concat_strings(char **glyphs, int max) {
- uint8_t *output = calloc(max, 4);
+ uint8_t *output = calloc(max+1, 4);
uint8_t *walk = output;
for (int c = 0; c < max; c++) {
printf("at %c\n", glyphs[c][0]);
static int handle_key_release(void *ignored, xcb_connection_t *conn, xcb_key_release_event_t *event) {
printf("releasing %d, state raw = %d\n", event->detail, event->state);
+ /* fix state */
+ event->state &= ~numlockmask;
+
xcb_keysym_t sym = xcb_key_press_lookup_keysym(symbols, event, event->state);
if (sym == XK_Mode_switch) {
printf("Mode switch disabled\n");
if (modeswitch_active)
event->state |= modeswitchmask;
+ /* Apparantly, after activating numlock once, the numlock modifier
+ * stays turned on (use xev(1) to verify). So, to resolve useful
+ * keysyms, we remove the numlock flag from the event state */
+ event->state &= ~numlockmask;
+
xcb_keysym_t sym = xcb_key_press_lookup_keysym(symbols, event, event->state);
if (sym == XK_Mode_switch) {
printf("Mode switch enabled\n");
xcb_event_set_key_release_handler(&evenths, handle_key_release, NULL);
xcb_event_set_expose_handler(&evenths, handle_expose, NULL);
- modeswitchmask = get_mode_switch_mask(conn);
+ modeswitchmask = get_mod_mask(conn, XK_Mode_switch);
+ numlockmask = get_mod_mask(conn, XK_Num_Lock);
symbols = xcb_key_symbols_alloc(conn);
uint32_t font_id = get_font_id(conn, pattern, &font_height);
xcb_create_pixmap(conn, root_screen->root_depth, pixmap, win, 500, font_height + 8);
xcb_create_gc(conn, pixmap_gc, pixmap, 0, 0);
+ /* Set input focus (we have override_redirect=1, so the wm will not do
+ * this for us) */
+ xcb_set_input_focus(conn, XCB_INPUT_FOCUS_POINTER_ROOT, win, XCB_CURRENT_TIME);
+
/* Create graphics context */
xcb_change_gc_single(conn, pixmap_gc, XCB_GC_FONT, font_id);
/* Grab the keyboard to get all input */
- xcb_grab_keyboard(conn, false, win, XCB_CURRENT_TIME, XCB_GRAB_MODE_ASYNC, XCB_GRAB_MODE_ASYNC);
+ xcb_flush(conn);
+
+ /* Try (repeatedly, if necessary) to grab the keyboard. We might not
+ * get the keyboard at the first attempt because of the keybinding
+ * still being active when started via a wm’s keybinding. */
+ xcb_grab_keyboard_cookie_t cookie;
+ xcb_grab_keyboard_reply_t *reply = NULL;
+
+ int count = 0;
+ while ((reply == NULL || reply->status != XCB_GRAB_STATUS_SUCCESS) && (count++ < 500)) {
+ cookie = xcb_grab_keyboard(conn, false, win, XCB_CURRENT_TIME, XCB_GRAB_MODE_ASYNC, XCB_GRAB_MODE_ASYNC);
+ reply = xcb_grab_keyboard_reply(conn, cookie, NULL);
+ usleep(1000);
+ }
+
+ if (reply->status != XCB_GRAB_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "Could not grab keyboard, status = %d\n", reply->status);
+ exit(-1);
+ }
xcb_flush(conn);