[SOLVED]Remap my menu key in Xorg

Hi, everyone!
I have a menu key of no use on my keyboard, and I want to use it. So I decide to remap it. I want to do this mapping:
menu + 1 => F1
menu + 2 => F2
menu + 3 => F3
menu + 4 => F4
menu + 5 => F5
menu + 6 => F6
menu + 7 => F7
menu + 8 => F8
menu + 9 => F9
menu + 0 => F10
menu + - => F11
menu + + => F12
menu + w => ArrowUp
menu + d => ArrowDown
menu + a => ArrowLeft
menu + d => ArrowRight
menu + j => PageDown
menu + k => PageUp
menu + m => End
menu + , => Home
This means if I press menu key and 1 at once, it equals to F1. It seems that Xmodmap can't be suitable because it can't map combination keys. Do you have any idea of the way to do it?
Thank you.
Last edited by Maxfan Zone (2013-06-30 00:33:49)

Hi, I made some progress, the problem is partly solved.
In ~/.Xmodmap:
xmodmap -e "add mod3 = Menu"
In ~/.config/sxhkd/sxhkdrc:
# don't take action if I press Menu
Menu
true
mod3 + 1
xdotool key --clearmodifiers F1
mod3 + 2
xdotool key --clearmodifiers F2
mod3 + 3
xdotool key --clearmodifiers F3
mod3 + 4
xdotool key --clearmodifiers F4
mod3 + 5
xdotool key --clearmodifiers F5
mod3 + 6
xdotool key --clearmodifiers F6
mod3 + 7
xdotool key --clearmodifiers F7
mod3 + 8
xdotool key --clearmodifiers F8
mod3 + 9
xdotool key --clearmodifiers F9
mod3 + 0
xdotool key --clearmodifiers F10
mod3 + minus
xdotool key --clearmodifiers F11
mod3 + equal
xdotool key --clearmodifiers F12
mod3 + w
xdotool key --clearmodifiers Up
mod3 + s
xdotool key --clearmodifiers Down
mod3 + a
xdotool key --clearmodifiers Left
mod3 + d
xdotool key --clearmodifiers Right
mod3 + j
xdotool key --clearmodifiers Page_Down
mod3 + k
xdotool key --clearmodifiers Page_Up
mod3 + m
xdotool key --clearmodifiers End
mod3 + comma
xdotool key --clearmodifiers Home
And run sxhkd(it's in AUR), see it's working.
Note some part also need fixing.
Greatly thanks for WonderWoofy, Trilby and 2ManyDogs.
EDIT: Now it is completely solved.
Last edited by Maxfan Zone (2013-06-30 00:30:08)

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