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I've looked at this post, but it's not quite what I was looking for.

Command for forcing a pointer ungrab (captured mouse release)

I want to fake the "Easy-Shift" functionality of my "Roccat XTD" on a "Bazalias X1" transformer mouse using xbindkeys.

Basically, I created two profiles that I want to swap depending on whether I pressed or released the mouse button.

The problem is that once any button is pressed, the click event jams, so no other click events go through.

Is there a way I could do this work flow:

  1. Mouse m:8 (finger down)
  2. Load ~/.xbindkeys_config/speed_c/Profile2
  3. Force Release m:8 (still holding the button)
  4. Perform any clicks using Profile2
  5. Mouse m:8 + release (finger up)
  6. Load ~/.xbindkeys_config/speed_c/Profile1
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For now, I settled with "on click", switch profiles. Here are my profile files.

Profile1

#Switch Profile
"killall xbindkeys; xbindkeys -f ~/.xbindkeys_config/speed_c/Profile2"
b:8

#
# End of xbindkeys configuration

Profile 2

#M Volume Up
"amixer -q set Master 2dB+ unmute"
b:4

#M Volume Down
"amixer -q set Master 2dB- unmute"
b:5

#M Copy
"xte 'keydown Control_L' 'key c' 'keyup Control_L'"
b:1

#M Paste
"xte 'keydown Control_L' 'key v' 'keyup Control_L'"
b:3

#M Undo
"xte 'keydown Control_L' 'key z' 'keyup Control_L'"
b:9

#Switch Profile-Copy
"killall xbindkeys; xbindkeys -f ~/.xbindkeys_config/speed_c/Profile1"
b:8

#
# End of xbindkeys configuration
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I think newer xbindkeys (1.8.3 or so) can reload its configuration on changes. If replacing the configuration file is possible, it might provide better performance than restarting xbindkeys each time.

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