From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Rafael Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Any way to get a super modifier on Ubuntu? Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:02:24 -0600 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: <87zkqvkttb.fsf@gmail.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1295570437 15669 80.91.229.12 (21 Jan 2011 00:40:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 00:40:37 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 21 01:40:33 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Pg53I-0002aF-CA for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 21 Jan 2011 01:40:32 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41423 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Pg53H-0002XF-Hp for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 20 Jan 2011 19:40:31 -0500 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!news2.euro.net!feeder.news-service.com!85.214.198.2.MISMATCH!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 28 Injection-Info: mx03.eternal-september.org; posting-host="Ra2pxeJrb5uSmC8Bkzu03A"; logging-data="30448"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/ppY+Bb3BeRqE5Abhn4yTZ" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:wbBWLMG8RO9IMS233kVHkEu5c78= sha1:mO55tXzBTUXh7uILGSzNinKb3q8= Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:184454 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:78614 Archived-At: Sean McAfee writes: > I recently started using Emacs on Ubuntu, and am having trouble getting > my usual configuration working. > > I have a number of commands bound to a key combination involving the > super modifier. I'd like to associate this modifier with the > "windows" key on my Dell keyboard. When I open the Ubuntu Keyboard > Preferences window, my choices under "Alt/Win key behavior are": In four different machines of different models, the left windows key "just works" for me as super modifier, and I can use, for example: (global-set-key [(super i)] 'org-toggle-inline-images) > For example, windows-w causes all of the onscreen windows to be > shrunken and tiled. This is a Compiz keybinding, which you can modify using compiz-config settings manager. > The right windows key could still retain its special Ubuntu > functionality, should I ever want to start using it. When I press the right windows key in Emacs, I get the same as with pressing Alt-x. I have not found a use for that, though. Regards,