Input expression conflict, timeouts, tap function.

[pavvd]

As my cfg expands I ran into problem, where after adding hokteys like Caps+Alt+[some_key], tap function of CapsLock breaks. No matter how I rearrange things, I can't make them both work.

--- part of cfg ---

(CapsLock AltL){J} >> Super{ArrowLeft}     #--
CapsLock {AltL{K}} >> Super{ArrowRight}    #-- recently added

CapsLock{!250ms} >> Escape                 #-- no longer works
AltL{!250ms} >>Backspace                   #-- this still works
CapsLock{Any} >> Control{Any}
CapsLock >> Control
Control >> CapsLock

MetaLeft >> AltLeft
AltLeft{Any} >> MetaLeft{Any}
AltLeft >> MetaLeft

[houmain]

Hi,
I played a little bit with your configuration. After moving the first two mappings down, I could trigger Escape and Control with the CapsLock key and also the Super{ArrowLeft}.

CapsLock{!250ms} >> Escape                 #-- no longer works
AltL{!250ms} >>Backspace                   #-- this still works

(CapsLock AltL){J} >> Super{ArrowLeft}     #--
CapsLock {AltL{K}} >> Super{ArrowRight}    #-- recently added

CapsLock{Any} >> Control{Any}
CapsLock >> Control
Control >> CapsLock

MetaLeft >> AltLeft
AltLeft{Any} >> MetaLeft{Any}
AltLeft >> MetaLeft

[pavvd]

Thank you for your reply. As I do more testing using above order, results get more bizarre on my end.
(CapsLock AltL){key} -- works only if I hold Alt 1st then Caps.
CapsLock{AtlL{key}} -- still doesn't work
Putting Alt before Caps (AltL CapsLock){key} -- makes no difference.

I'm running Mint 21.2 with Awesome WM and no other remapping tools. It's probably something with my setup.

[houmain]

Could you please create a minimum configuration with which one can reproduce the bizarre behaviour? Thanks!

[pavvd]

Tested with only those 4 lines in cfg:

CapsLock{!250ms} >> Escape

(CapsLock AltLeft){J} >> MetaLeft{ArrowLeft}   #-- 1

CapsLock{Any} >> Control{Any}
CapsLock >> Control

1 works only if Alt is held 1st then Caps and [key] or both mods pressed simultaneously.
AltLeft{CapsLock{K}} >> MetaLeft{ArrowLeft} -- this works exactly the same as 1.
CapsLock {AltLeft{K}} >> MetaLeft{ArrowLeft} -- this doesn't work at all.

Side note: I don't run keymapper with -u option, just kill/reset everything with shell script.

[houmain]

I think I know what happens:
Holding CapsLock for a while presses Control, which is kept pressed until CapsLock is released.
Then pressing AltLeft and J triggers MetaLeft{ArrowLeft}.
So effectively Control{MetaLeft{ArrowLeft}} is pressed which means nothing to your WM.

Adding a !Control should make it work:
(CapsLock AltLeft){J} >> !Control MetaLeft{ArrowLeft}

[pavvd]

Adding a !Control should make it work:
(CapsLock AltLeft){J} >> !Control MetaLeft{ArrowLeft}

Works like a charm! I would never figure it out myself. Thank you very much.