From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: goncholden Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: dell laptop cannot access super-key. Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2022 00:47:16 +0000 Message-ID: References: <87y21gxbsb.fsf@yahoo.com> <87tuc4xaf1.fsf@yahoo.com> <4eUUwd0OlZ8rvCRk7HQYLxY9wh-nXJ4oysqSPFaSOJA0GWASGet4PlKReJrBk5cqX_MqmTwtGN3cZU5PgRIJb7v64C7dxmJGKTBKt1UDz6g=@protonmail.com> <87o82ayaeg.fsf@yahoo.com> Reply-To: goncholden Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="36714"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: goncholden via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor To: Po Lu Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 13 01:48:50 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nTCPi-0009LV-9l for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 13 Mar 2022 01:48:50 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45648 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nTCPg-0005Ek-HP for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 12 Mar 2022 19:48:48 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:44204) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nTCOK-0005EY-4L for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Mar 2022 19:47:24 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-4318.protonmail.ch ([185.70.43.18]:34531) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nTCOH-0007Yt-Il for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Mar 2022 19:47:23 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=protonmail.com; s=protonmail3; t=1647132437; bh=k9dTM4C6gxlG0VaIn8HB2j48URMHC0j71HX/aAnuLTQ=; h=Date:To:From:Cc:Reply-To:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To: References:From:To:Cc:Date:Subject:Reply-To:Feedback-ID: Message-ID; b=c2Gm6f14VL5FmUbIRsL5bjOMR/ugFGk+fr3t4k2sOLaXcTI6WQ6jhcQG6AQA2xdTx H80x3vd8233rQXgxoJn3CF/nbq66IKbauzTx8/22YUbOylHqjTmn8QGuvcw9AEFwAV SXr3UzJyKsD8zi2LkY3D4lOvJ4xR89Ppb2Q5mnZMiBc3QXRvzJW4fgB8K0GYCXh01T RQMy45wYqS25JH5fb8rIao0v/HO3AGlMONF5+74XcvR4eZOIQqorycI+EXAgRDyQjG wHGUGFwuXfEdgjvyNYPIsojlg5k/Xu8y0dI+YIa55eTCtLru33ucNcNYxFDAdo9n55 0cHFEkz6UPfuA== In-Reply-To: <87o82ayaeg.fsf@yahoo.com> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.70.43.18; envelope-from=goncholden@protonmail.com; helo=mail-4318.protonmail.ch X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H5=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:136510 Archived-At: ------- Original Message ------- On Sunday, March 13th, 2022 at 12:16 AM, Po Lu wrote: > goncholden goncholden@protonmail.com writes: > > > Has anybody else encountered this problem? Have also installed Trisquel= 8, > > and the problem persists. > > Then it's likely not a problem with Emacs. Does the super key work in > other programs? I do not know how to test it. Have tried xev, but it is not returning me a= ny information. Now, I have decided to swap the Alt(Meta)-Key with the Ctrl-Key. And use the Caps-Lock for the Hyper. But having problems. This is the information I have xmodmap -pke | grep "Control\|Alt\|Meta\|Hyper\|Super" keycode 37 =3D Control_L NoSymbol Control_L keycode 64 =3D Alt_L Meta_L Alt_L Meta_L keycode 105 =3D Control_R NoSymbol Control_R keycode 108 =3D Alt_R Meta_R Alt_R Meta_R keycode 133 =3D Hyper_L NoSymbol Hyper_L keycode 134 =3D Hyper_R NoSymbol Hyper_R keycode 204 =3D NoSymbol Alt_L NoSymbol Alt_L keycode 205 =3D NoSymbol Meta_L NoSymbol Meta_L keycode 206 =3D NoSymbol Super_L NoSymbol Super_L keycode 207 =3D NoSymbol Hyper_L NoSymbol Hyper_L xmodmap -pm xmodmap: up to 4 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses): shift Shift_L (0x32), Shift_R (0x3e) lock Caps_Lock (0x42) control Control_L (0x25), Control_R (0x69) mod1 Alt_L (0x40), Alt_R (0x6c), Meta_L (0xcd) mod2 Num_Lock (0x4d) mod3 mod4 Hyper_L (0x85), Hyper_R (0x86), Super_L (0xce), Hyper_L (0xc= f) mod5 ISO_Level3_Shift (0x5c), Mode_switch (0xcb) And here is what I have written clear mod4 keycode 37 =3D Alt_L Meta_L Alt_R Meta_R keycode 105 =3D Alt_L Meta_L Alt_R Meta_R add mod4 =3D Alt_L Meta_L Alt_R Meta_R !! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !! Set Ctrl-Key to position of Alt(Meta)-Key keycode 64 =3D Control_L NoSymbol Control_L keycode 108 =3D Control_R NoSymbol Control_R