i3/include/i3.h
Michael Stapelberg c738b2e454 Don’t use SYNC key bindings for Mode_switch but re-grab keys
Before this commit, i3 used key bindings in SYNC mode for bindings
like Mode_switch + <a> and replayed the key if the current state
did not include Mode_switch. This had some problems:

1) The WM needed to acknowledge much more key presses than you
   actually had bindings for, thus making the system a bit laggy
   sometimes.
2) Users of layouts who constantly type in the third level (like
   russian layouts) did not get their cyrillic symbols correctly
   (they were not replayed right), neither did the keybindings
   work in both modes.

So, the current implementation uses the following approach: XKB
provides an event which contains the current state (including
the current level). i3 signs up for this event and upon receival,
it re-maps the bindings using Mode_switch (enables them when the
level goes to the third level and disables them as soon as the
level goes back to normal). This fixes both problems.
2010-03-14 22:40:58 +01:00

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/*
* vim:ts=8:expandtab
*
* i3 - an improved dynamic tiling window manager
*
* © 2009 Michael Stapelberg and contributors
*
* See file LICENSE for license information.
*
*/
#include <xcb/xcb.h>
#include <xcb/xcb_property.h>
#include <xcb/xcb_event.h>
#include <xcb/xcb_keysyms.h>
#include <X11/XKBlib.h>
#include "queue.h"
#include "data.h"
#ifndef _I3_H
#define _I3_H
#define NUM_ATOMS 21
extern xcb_connection_t *global_conn;
extern xcb_key_symbols_t *keysyms;
extern char **start_argv;
extern Display *xkbdpy;
extern int xkb_current_group;
extern TAILQ_HEAD(bindings_head, Binding) *bindings;
extern TAILQ_HEAD(autostarts_head, Autostart) autostarts;
extern TAILQ_HEAD(assignments_head, Assignment) assignments;
extern SLIST_HEAD(stack_wins_head, Stack_Window) stack_wins;
extern xcb_event_handlers_t evenths;
extern uint8_t root_depth;
extern bool xkb_supported;
extern xcb_atom_t atoms[NUM_ATOMS];
extern xcb_window_t root;
#endif