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Global Hotkey with X11/Xlib

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Your program works here. My guess is you have another modifier active, such as NumLock. GrabKey only works on the exact modifier mask. For example here is some (GPL) code from metacity window manager /* Grab/ungrab, ignoring all annoying modifiers like NumLock etc. */ static void meta_change_keygrab (MetaDisplay *display, Window xwindow, gboolean grab, int keysym, … Read more

How to get an X11 Window from a Process ID?

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The only way I know to do this is to traverse the tree of windows until you find what you’re looking for. Traversing isn’t hard (just see what xwininfo -root -tree does by looking at xwininfo.c if you need an example). But how do you identify the window you are looking for? Some applications set … Read more