exwm, general.el, using s-<SPC> as leader key broke
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pimiddy · 2022-02-02 07:44

I'm using exwm and have configured `s-<SPC>` as an input-prefix key as
such:
```
(setq exwm-input-prefix-keys '([8388640]))
```
I also use general.el to use `s-<SPC>` as leader key. For example, to
have `s-<SPC> <SPC>` as `execute-extended-command`, even when a normal
X window is currently focused:
```
(use-package general
  :config
  (general-define-key
   :prefix "s-SPC"
   "SPC" 'execute-extended-command
   ...
)
```
This broke recently, and I'm not sure what changed. Now pressing
`s-<SPC>` isn't recorded as a keystroke _at all_. `C-h k`, then
`s-<SPC>` also doesn't record anything.

Does anyone have a similar setup or knows how I can debug this
further?

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nv-elisp · 2022-02-02 11:19

Running  a GTK build of Emacs? Switching to Lucid will work or you can
add [the following]( https://github.com/progfolio/.emacs.d/commit/05dd
fcd2730ac5399077caa6b7dbfee7e09434de).

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pimiddy · 2022-02-02 14:07

Ah, a change in GTK, that's plausible for me. But I'm not sure what
you're doing in your code. Can I just `(setq pgtk-use-im-context-on-
new-connection nil)`?

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ALLCAPSNOBRAKES · 2022-02-03 04:56

i believe OP meant super+space, not shift+space. afaik EXWM doesnt
work with PGTK builds yet anyways