how to remap super to control+alt but also press super

[lucas-mior]

Hello.

Vmware grabs the X keyboard until you press control+alt.
Meanwhile, I need to press the super key for changing workspace (super+1 to super+9), but that doesn't work because it is specific to X, and vmware is grabbing it.
So, I would like to know if it is possible with keyd. Basically I want a config so that when I press the super key, control+alt is automatically pressed, but super is still sent to X.

Thanks.

I've tried the following. It does indeed ungrab the keyboard from vmware, but leftmeta is not working afterwards.

[ids]

*

[main]

meta = macro(leftcontrol+leftalt 100ms leftmeta)

[lucas-mior]

Using keyd-application-mapper I found an almost perfect solution, there is a race codition but only when
using from Vmware.

/etc/keyd/default.conf

[ids]

*

[main]

~/.config/keyd/app.conf

[vmware]

meta = command(xdotool key --clearmodifiers control+alt; xdotool keydown --clearmodifiers super; sleep 0.5; xdotool keyup super)

[Vmware]

meta = command(xdotool key --clearmodifiers control+alt; xdotool keydown --clearmodifiers super; sleep 0.5; xdotool keyup super)

~/.config/X11/xinitrc

keyd-application-mapper -d &