inconsistent support of xmodmap

[William Bajzek]

When I installed elementaryOS, I used a .Xmodmap file to reverse the scroll direction a la MacOS, as I have on other LinuxOSes I've tried. The contents of my file are simply this:

pointer = 1 2 3 5 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Some apps, like Geary, don't support it. Midori does in general, but not on the settings window. Consistently supporting it or not would be preferably to only supporting it in some cases.

[Cody Garver (codygarver)]

What all apps do not support it?

[William Bajzek (williambajzek)]

Well, I have only just begun trying out the OS and have noticed it in
Geary (messages pane does not respect the setting, individual message
view does), Midori (browser yes, settings no), Empathy does not support
it, system settings does not, but Software Center and Terminal do. Does
that help?

On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 9:22 PM, Cody Garver <email address hidden>
wrote:
> What all apps do not support it?
>
> ** Also affects: geary
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>
> ** Changed in: elementaryos
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> ** Also affects: midori
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>
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> Title:
> inconsistent support of xmodmap
>
> Status in elementary OS:
> Incomplete
> Status in Geary:
> New
> Status in Midori: Webkit Web browser:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> When I installed elementaryOS, I used a .Xmodmap file to reverse the
> scroll direction a la MacOS, as I have on other LinuxOSes I've
> tried.
> The contents of my file are simply this:
>
> pointer = 1 2 3 5 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
>
> Some apps, like Geary, don't support it. Midori does in general, but
> not on the settings window. Consistently supporting it or not would
> be
> preferably to only supporting it in some cases.
>
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[Jim Nelson (yorba-jim)]

In Geary, the message pane (we call it the conversation viewer) is a webKitGTK widget embedded in the app. The other panes are GTK. Does GTK not support xmodmap under the covers?