Re: Listing X11 grabs with XF86LogGrabInfo

[Rob Whitlock <rwhitlock22%gmail.com@localhost>]

> On Mar 25, 2024, at 6:35 PM, RVP <rvp%SDF.ORG@localhost> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 25 Mar 2024, Rob Whitlock wrote:
> 
>> Is there some trick to enabling this functionality
>> 
> 
> Yes. Try again after applying this patch (and restarting X).
> 
> ```
> --- usr/X11R7/lib/X11/XKeysymDB.orig	2024-03-18 22:47:19.000000000 +0000
> +++ usr/X11R7/lib/X11/XKeysymDB	2024-03-25 21:36:39.970222356 +0000
> @@ -370,6 +370,9 @@
> XF86_ClearGrab		:1008FE21
> XF86_Next_VMode		:1008FE22
> XF86_Prev_VMode		:1008FE23
> +XF86LogWindowTree	:1008FE24
> +XF86LogGrabInfo	:1008FE25
> +
> 
> usldead_acute		:100000A8
> usldead_grave		:100000A9
> ```
> 
> You could also just supply the key-sequence for this directly:
> 
> ```
> $ xdotool key Ctrl+Alt+F11
> ```

This did not work. It just printed "Failed to switch from vt05 to vt11: Invalid argument" in /var/log/Xorg.0.log.

>> or should I file a problem report?
>> 
> 
> Yes, with:
> 
> ```
> diff -urN a/xsrc/external/mit/libX11/dist/src/XKeysymDB b/xsrc/external/mit/libX11/dist/src/XKeysymDB
> --- a/xsrc/external/mit/libX11/dist/src/XKeysymDB	2010-11-28 07:34:33.000000000 +0000
> +++ b/xsrc/external/mit/libX11/dist/src/XKeysymDB	2024-03-25 21:36:39.970222356 +0000
> @@ -370,6 +370,9 @@
> XF86_ClearGrab		:1008FE21
> XF86_Next_VMode		:1008FE22
> XF86_Prev_VMode		:1008FE23
> +XF86LogWindowTree	:1008FE24
> +XF86LogGrabInfo	:1008FE25
> +
> 
> usldead_acute		:100000A8
> usldead_grave		:100000A9
> ```

PR submitted: https://gnats.netbsd.org/58153

> Don't ask me why all the other keysyms just above have the extra
> `_'.  Going by the dates on that XKeysymDB file, it's rather old,
> and things may have changed since then. I also can't find that file
> in the tarballs in: https://www.x.org/releases/individual/lib/, but,
> I didn't search very hard--you should ask on the tech-x11 ML.
> 
> -RVP