Hello,

I would like to implement something that's similiar to how key mappings are handled in vim.

say for example I want to remap jk to escape instead of pressing jk all at once I can press j first then I have a short amount of milliseconds to follow with k

is there a way to implement this using Xremap? and if yes can I control the timeout too? If the second key isn't presessed within the given timeout, that should cancel the listening thank you.

I was trying out application specific remapping, but unable to do so. The ramapping i want to use is: BTN_SIDE: KEY_LEFTALT. This works as expected without an application restriction, but when a application restriction is applied it either does nothing, in case the application is open, or it freezes all listed input-devices when to application is closed.
The config i am using:

modmap:
  - name: Global
    remap:
      BTN_EXTRA: KEY_LEFTCTRL
      
  - name: Test
    remap:
      BTN_SIDE: KEY_LEFTALT
    application:
      only: dolphin

I am using ubuntu 21.04 with KDE on x11.

Hello,

I'm trying to map capslock + ijkl keys to arrow keys and extra: o -> end, u -> home, p -> pageup, ; -> pagedown. The mapping should be compatible with (shift, alt, ctrl, shift+ctrl and shift+alt) + Arrow for editing in vscode for example.

What i tried:

• Mapping capslock to hyper(super) but on KDE Plasma super(which is the win key) opens app menu.
• Using capslock as Alt_R as a workaround but i use it for my (EurKey) layout to use üöäß, therefore Alt_R wont work for me.

In xmodmap i used to use mode_switch which works fine with win key:

clear Lock
keycode 66 = Mode_switch
keysym h = h H Left
keysym l = l L Right
keysym k = k K Up
keysym j = j J Down

Is there maybe an extra layer of modifier i didn't find? Any suggestions on how i can do it? This is a common used mapping navigation. Would appreciate anyones help. :)

Extra: xremap ❤ Rust

I am looking a way to show tint2 bar on windows keydown and hide it on windows key up. There are other uses and a similar request on xkeysnail repo https://github.com/mooz/xkeysnail/issues/93

Thank you!

First, thank you for this awesome tool!

I've tried the --watch option, and it doesn't seem to work as intended on my machine. I've forked the repo and added a few println! statements to understand what's going on, so here's what I did to reproduce the issue with the forked version:

1. Start ./target/release/xremap --watch /path/to/config.yml. So far, everything's working as intended: It correctly detects /dev/event3 as my keyboard. This is the output:

   Path "/dev/input/event4" cannot be opened: Os { code: 13, kind: PermissionDenied, message: "Permission denied" }
   Selecting devices from the following list:
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   /dev/input/event0 : Power Button
   /dev/input/event1 : Power Button
   /dev/input/event2 : USB Keyboard Consumer Control
   /dev/input/event3 : USB Keyboard
   /dev/input/event5 : UVC Camera (046d:0825)
   /dev/input/event6 : PixArt USB Optical Mouse
   /dev/input/event7 : HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=3
   /dev/input/event8 : HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=7
   /dev/input/event9 : HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=8
   /dev/input/event10: HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=9
   /dev/input/event11: HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=10
   /dev/input/event12: HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=11
   /dev/input/event13: HD-Audio Generic Front Mic
   /dev/input/event14: HD-Audio Generic Rear Mic
   /dev/input/event15: HD-Audio Generic Line
   /dev/input/event16: HD-Audio Generic Line Out Front
   /dev/input/event17: HD-Audio Generic Line Out Surround
   /dev/input/event18: HD-Audio Generic Line Out CLFE
   /dev/input/event19: HD-Audio Generic Front Headphone
   /dev/input/event20: BurrBrown from Texas Instruments USB AUDIO  CODEC
   /dev/input/event21: USB Keyboard System Control
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Selected keyboards automatically since --device options weren't specified:
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   /dev/input/event3 : USB Keyboard
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Received events from inotify: Err(EAGAIN)
   

2. Disconnect the keyboard. This is the output:

   Received events from inotify: Ok([InotifyEvent { wd: WatchDescriptor { wd: 1 },
   mask: IN_ATTRIB, cookie: 0, name: Some("event3") }])
   Detected device changes. Reselecting devices.
   Path "/dev/input/event2" cannot be opened: Os { code: 13, kind:
   PermissionDenied, message: "Permission denied" }
   Selecting devices from the following list:
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   /dev/input/event0 : Power Button
   /dev/input/event1 : Power Button
   /dev/input/event5 : UVC Camera (046d:0825)
   /dev/input/event6 : PixArt USB Optical Mouse
   /dev/input/event7 : HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=3
   /dev/input/event8 : HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=7
   /dev/input/event9 : HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=8
   /dev/input/event10: HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=9
   /dev/input/event11: HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=10
   /dev/input/event12: HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=11
   /dev/input/event13: HD-Audio Generic Front Mic
   /dev/input/event14: HD-Audio Generic Rear Mic
   /dev/input/event15: HD-Audio Generic Line
   /dev/input/event16: HD-Audio Generic Line Out Front
   /dev/input/event17: HD-Audio Generic Line Out Surround
   /dev/input/event18: HD-Audio Generic Line Out CLFE
   /dev/input/event19: HD-Audio Generic Front Headphone
   /dev/input/event20: BurrBrown from Texas Instruments USB AUDIO  CODEC
   /dev/input/event21: USB Keyboard System Control
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Selected keyboards automatically since --device options weren't specified:
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   warning: No device was selected, but --watch is waiting for new devices.
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   

3. Reconnect the keyboard. Notice that in the output, event2 and event3 (the keyboard) cannot be opened (PermissionDenied).

   Received events from inotify: Ok([InotifyEvent { wd: WatchDescriptor { wd: 1 }, mask: IN_CREATE, cookie: 0, name: Some("event3") }, InotifyEvent { wd: WatchDescriptor { wd: 1 }, mask: IN_ATTRIB, cookie: 0, name: Some("event3") }])
   Detected device changes. Reselecting devices.
   Path "/dev/input/event21" cannot be opened: Os { code: 13, kind: PermissionDenied, message: "Permission denied" }
   Path "/dev/input/event4" cannot be opened: Os { code: 13, kind: PermissionDenied, message: "Permission denied" }
   Path "/dev/input/event2" cannot be opened: Os { code: 13, kind: PermissionDenied, message: "Permission denied" }
   Path "/dev/input/event3" cannot be opened: Os { code: 13, kind: PermissionDenied, message: "Permission denied" }
   Selecting devices from the following list:
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   /dev/input/event0 : Power Button
   /dev/input/event1 : Power Button
   /dev/input/event5 : UVC Camera (046d:0825)
   /dev/input/event6 : PixArt USB Optical Mouse
   /dev/input/event7 : HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=3
   /dev/input/event8 : HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=7
   /dev/input/event9 : HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=8
   /dev/input/event10: HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=9
   /dev/input/event11: HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=10
   /dev/input/event12: HDA ATI HDMI HDMI/DP,pcm=11
   /dev/input/event13: HD-Audio Generic Front Mic
   /dev/input/event14: HD-Audio Generic Rear Mic
   /dev/input/event15: HD-Audio Generic Line
   /dev/input/event16: HD-Audio Generic Line Out Front
   /dev/input/event17: HD-Audio Generic Line Out Surround
   /dev/input/event18: HD-Audio Generic Line Out CLFE
   /dev/input/event19: HD-Audio Generic Front Headphone
   /dev/input/event20: BurrBrown from Texas Instruments USB AUDIO  CODEC
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Selected keyboards automatically since --device options weren't specified:
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   warning: No device was selected, but --watch is waiting for new devices.
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   

So to my understanding, this is a race condition where the USB device is not yet readable immediately after the inotify event. According to the inotify println! statements that I've added, we receive an IN_ATTRIB event in addition to the IN_CREATE event when the device is reconnected. So apparently, even after the first IN_ATTRIB event, the device is still not readable.

I ran notifywait -r -m /dev/input | grep 'event3' to see what events occur after the keyboard is connected, here's the output:

/dev/input/ CREATE event3
/dev/input/ ATTRIB event3
/dev/input/ OPEN event3
/dev/input/ CLOSE_NOWRITE,CLOSE event3
/dev/input/ OPEN event3
/dev/input/ ATTRIB event3
/dev/input/ ATTRIB event3
/dev/input/ ATTRIB event3
/dev/input/ CLOSE_NOWRITE,CLOSE event3
/dev/input/ OPEN event3
/dev/input/ CLOSE_WRITE,CLOSE event3
/dev/input/ OPEN event3
/dev/input/ CLOSE_WRITE,CLOSE event3
/dev/input/ OPEN event3
/dev/input/ MODIFY event3

I really have no idea why I get so many ATTRIB events, and why it closes the file multiple times after the device has been connected. But those are definitely the events that occur after the device has been connected.

A simple workaround is to just sleep for 100 milliseconds before listing the files in /dev/input, but perhaps there's a more elegant fix.

If you can't reproduce this issue on your machine, I'm happy to help, let me know if you want me test any patches.

Xremap works under vnc environment, but cannot filter different software. I noticed x-set-keys (https://github.com/kawao/x-set-keys), which supports filter for window class under vnc. So there must be a way for Xremap to support similar thing. Thanks so much for this great software and your hard work!

First of all, thanks for xremap. I am trying to map Alt-1 to lunch kate, but I am not able to make it work. Am I doing it correctly?

keymap:
  - name: Test
    application:
    remap:
      C-b: left
      C-f: right
      M-KEY_1:
         launch: ["bash", "-c", "kate"]

Hey, first of all, thanks for this majestic piece of software.

Running per-app remappings, I get this again:

GnomeClient#connect() failed: I/O error: No such file or directory (os error 2)
GnomeClient#connect() failed: I/O error: No such file or directory (os error 2)
application-client: GNOME (supported: false)

I:

• am running xremap with sudo;
• am running GNOME 42.4;
• properly edited my DBus session configuration:

  <policy context="default">
    <allow user="root"/>
    <!-- Allow everything to be sent -->
    <allow send_destination="*" eavesdrop="true"/>
    <!-- Allow everything to be received -->
    <allow eavesdrop="true"/>
    <!-- Allow anyone to own anything -->
    <allow own="*"/>
  </policy>

But still looks like the GNOME client doesn't like something in the middle and can't connect to dbus

blaster@localhost [12:05:28] [~] 
-> % echo $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS                                                                              
unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus

The socket file is actually there. I'm really running out of things coming to my mind, my last resort is asking here :smile:

I just started using xremap over xbindkeys and I love it, but I noticed one issue. I think the fault is in gnome-terminal, because other apps (chrome, firefox, nautilus) are fine. I have the following setup:

keymap:
  - name: Tab shifting
    remap:
      LEFTCTRL-SHIFT-RIGHTBRACE: LEFTCTRL-PAGEDOWN
      LEFTCTRL-SHIFT-LEFTBRACE: LEFTCTRL-PAGEUP

This gives me mac-style shortcuts for switching tabs.

Unfortunately it doesn't work in gnome-terminal or tilix (so it might be a bug in the underlying vte). They don't seem to register the combination, they just end up scrolling up/down or inserting some escape characters into the terminal.

I found that adding a tiny sleep here makes it work:

diff --git src/event_handler.rs src/event_handler.rs
index f1d2267..369e753 100644
--- src/event_handler.rs
+++ src/event_handler.rs
@@ -343,6 +343,7 @@ impl EventHandler {
 
         // Press the main key
         self.send_key(&key_press.key, PRESS)?;
+        std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(20));
         self.send_key(&key_press.key, RELEASE)?;
 
         // Resurrect the original modifiers

Obviously this a is dumb workaround and not xremap's fault, but would you be open to a PR which added some kind of keypress_duration config which controlled whether we do a short sleep between pressing and releasing the key?

Example

I updated the implementation. This YAML:

keymap:
  - remap:
      j:
        remap:
          k: Esc
        timeout_millis: 200

• j -> 100ms -> k
  • Esc
• j -> 300ms -> k
  • j -> k
• j -> any ms -> l
  • j -> l
• j -> 200ms
  • j

This is not really a bug of xremap I think, but a configuration problem.

Problem

With xremap activated, dwt libinputs "disable-while-typing" is not working.

Reproduce

Run xremap on a laptop and enable dwt (e.g. for sway, you do that by adding input * dwt enabled to your config).

While typing, try to move your mouse with the touchpad, if it was working correctly your touchpad should not be controlling your mouse (this should also be the case without xremap running).

On my device, the touchpad disabling while typing did not work when xremap is running, but did work when I killed xremap.

Proposed solution

Following https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libinput/libinput/-/issues/524 the solution would be to convince libinput that the xremap keyboard is an internal keyboard if the source is.

Maybe this requires manual intervention to just put something similar to Depau in the /etc/libinput/local-overrides.quirks:

[xremap]
MatchUdevType=keyboard
MatchBus=usb //or whatever we need
MatchName= // whatever xremap uses
AttrKeyboardIntegration=internal

I'm running into an issue where I'm trying to use the --watch=device,config option and whenever I change the config file I get the message "Reloading Config" from XRemap, but then it just stops remapping keys and I have to restart it manually. At first I thought maybe this only happened if I had a configuration error, but then I checked and it stops working even if I start xremap and immediately save the config file without any changes.

I'm trying to use systemctl to run xremap on startup, but this issue also appears even if I run it with sudo from a terminal.

For now my workaround is just to run xremap without hot-reloading, and restart it manually whenever I'm making changes.

System Info

• xremap 0.7.15
• Pop!OS 22.04
• Command I'm using to run xremap: /home/me/.cargo/bin/xremap /home/me/.config/xremap/config.yml --watch=device,config

config file

modmap:
  - name: Global
    remap:
      Super_L: Ctrl_L
      Ctrl_L: Super_L
keymap:
  - name: Terminal
    application:
      only: Gnome-terminal
    remap:
      Super-c: C-c

First of all, thank you for creating this awesome software.

When I tried remap Super key to the Left Mouse Button,

modmap:
  - name: Super -> Left Mouse Button
    remap:
      LEFTMETA: BTN_LEFT

I couldn't use my other remaps in keymap related to the Super key:

  - remap:
    LEFTMETA-KP8:
      launch: ["cmus-remote", "--volume", "+7%"]

I am heavily using mode feature inside keymap and I really like it

keymap:
  - mode: Normal
    remap:
      RIGHTALT-L:
        [
          launch:
            ["notify-send", "-u", "critical", "-r", "945", "Xremap MODE", "Launcher mode activated"],
          { set_mode: Launcher },
        ]
  - name: Quick Launch apps
    mode: Launcher
    remap:
      f:
        launch: ["firefox"]
      Esc:
        [
          launch: ["notify-send", "-r", "945", "Xremap MODE", "Back to Normal mode"],
          { set_mode: Normal },
        ]

And I was hoping I could also use mode feature inside modmap but unfortunately it doesn't work.

modmap:
  - mode: InsideModmap
    remap:
      LEFTMETA: BTN_LEFT
      Esc: { set_mode: Normal },

default_mode: Normal
keymap:
  - mode: Normal
    remap:
      LEFTMETA-m: { set_mode: InsideModmap }

keymap:
  - remap:
      a:
        - Ctrl-Shift-u
        - Ctrl-Shift-2
        - Ctrl-Shift-0
        - Ctrl-Shift-a
        - Ctrl-Shift-c

This holds and releases Ctrl and Shift for each action, but it neds to be held during the entire sequence to make it input a Unicode character in some environments.

original: https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/rmqm5m/comment/j15xlju/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

It would be nice if we could import files in a config file to reduce duplication. Here's an idea of the syntax:

import:
  - name: application-specific
    file1.yml # the extension is optional
    file2     # imports file2.yml

modmap:
  ...

keymap:
  ...

This would be useful for people who have keyboards with different layouts. For example, I have a MacBook Air keyboard where the mod key is between the space and alt key, and a wireless keyboard where the mod and alt keys are swapped. I have a config file for each device, where the keymaps are the same. The two files differ only by their modmap. Being able to import files would allow me to factor out the common keymaps instead of having to apply the same changes to both files.

Hi, I use xorg with i3. I wanted to try xremap to map my tablet buttons to specific shortcuts for xournalpp. After configuring my button remaps I noticed that my pen doesn't work anymore xd, after looking into the code I noticed that the virtualdevice doesn't register any absolute axes. When I added these axes locally xorg still ignored the uinput events.

I doubt you have a tablet to test this so I'm open for providing more information, if this is solvable at all because I'm a bit stumped