Held Alone remap not working as presented in README and there is no example in the sample config to show working behavior..

[jeremyjjbrown]

It seams like Alone Hold does not work, but I am not able to verify if I am configuring it as intended.

My end goal is to remap CapsLock to Esc if tapped and to vim movements if held in combo with hjkl. I have created this key mapping before in QMK, Karbiner, AutoHotKey and xmodmap. Now I am moving to Sway so I wanted to try xremap for it's application specific functionality.

My last attempt looked like this:

modmap:
  - name: Caps Esc
    remap: # Required
      CapsLock:
        held: Super # Required
        alone: Esc # Required

keymap:
  - remap:
      Super-h: Left
      Super-j: Down
      Super-k: Up
      Super-l: Right

It wouldn't be my preferred solution to involve Super, but really nothing I have attempted for movements has worked. Any corrections to what I have here, or an example in the sample config would be very appreciated.

[k0kubun]

I'd like to have a look at actual key events in your environment. Could you start xremap with RUST_LOG=debug xremap, enter a sequence you want to remap, paste the entire command output here, and clarify the expected outcome? It'd be nice to have that for a tapped case and a held case separately.

xmodmap

off topic: I didn't know xmodmap could do this kind of thing. Out of curiosity, may I see a configuration for xmodmap that implements this?

[jixiuf]

I use dual-function-keys (a plug for Interception Tools )
space: tap for space, held for ctrl+cmd+alt

see my config udevmon.yaml
dual-function-keys.yaml
udevmon

and see alols/xcape#122

[jeremyjjbrown]

Here is my xmodmap.

  cat .xmodmap
keycode 66 = Mode_switch
keysym h = h H Left
keysym l = l L Right
keysym k = k K Up
keysym j = j J Down
keysym u = u U Prior
keysym i = i I Home
keysym o = o O End
keysym p = p P Next

Here is my keyd config I created since filing the ticket that does what I need.

[ids]

*

[main]

capslock = overload(capslock, esc)

# The default shift layer (the layer activated when shift is pressed).
[shift]

capslock = layer(capslock_shift)

[capslock:C]

shift = layer(capslock_shift)
h = left
j = down
k = up
l = right

[capslock_shift]

h = C-left
j = C-down
k = C-up
l = C-right

If I use the config I left above I get an error:

  sudo RUST_LOG=debug xremap .config/xremap/config.yml
Error: Failed to load config '.config/xremap/config.yml': modmap[0].remap: data did not match any variant of untagged enum ModmapAction at line 4 column 7

[k0kubun]

Thanks. Can you also work on the above "RUST_LOG=debug xremap" request please? I'll need it to investigate what went wrong in your environment.

[jeremyjjbrown]

Updated above. Thanks.

[k0kubun]

Oh, I haven't noticed that your config isn't parseable. I'm sorry about the serde_yaml's generic error message.

It took some time for me to understand what's wrong too, but it appears that held: Super is what was wrong. It should be either held: Super_L or held: Super_R because Super doesn't represent a single key.

[jeremyjjbrown]

Cool, let me try it. Is there a way to accomplish this without involving Super_* ?

[k0kubun]

I tried using virtual_modifiers for it, but it doesn't seem to support combining it with held / alone currently. So at the moment, using other modifiers like Alt_* would be the only alternative if you need to change the key when tapped.

[jeremyjjbrown]

Feel free to close this ticket if you feel it's not needed.