Re: dell laptop cannot access super-key.

[Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com>]

The easiest thing you can do is swap the Alt(Meta) with Ctrl,
and use Cops-Lock as your Hyper.  You can do this with Trisquel.

System -> Preferences -> Hardware -> Keyboard

Then click on Layouts -> Options


> Sent: Monday, March 14, 2022 at 6:58 AM
> From: "Christopher Dimech" <dimech@gmx.com>
> To: goncholden@protonmail.com
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, "Eric S Fraga" <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk>
> Subject: Re: dell laptop cannot access super-key.
>
> T have set up a dvorak-classic using
>
> setxkbmap -layout us -variant dvorak-classic
>
> This gives
>
> 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        Super_L (0x85),  Super_R (0x86),  Super_L (0xce),  Hyper_L (0xcf)
> mod5        ISO_Level3_Shift (0x5c),  Mode_switch (0xcb)
>
>
> keycode  37 = Alt_L Meta_L Alt_R Meta_R
> keycode  64 = Control_L NoSymbol Control_L
> keycode 105 = Alt_L Meta_L Alt_R Meta_R
> keycode 108 = Control_L NoSymbol Control_L
> keycode 133 = Super_L NoSymbol Super_L
> keycode 134 = Super_R NoSymbol Super_R
> keycode 204 = NoSymbol Alt_L NoSymbol Alt_L
> keycode 205 = NoSymbol Meta_L NoSymbol Meta_L
> keycode 206 = NoSymbol Super_L NoSymbol Super_L
> keycode 207 = NoSymbol Hyper_L NoSymbol Hyper_L
>
> Calling xmodmap with the following, gets xev to return the correct keys
>
> clear control
> clear mod1
>
> keycode  37 = Control_L NoSymbol Control_L
> keycode 105 = Control_L NoSymbol Control_L
>
> keycode  64 = Alt_L Meta_L Alt_R Meta_R
> keycode 108 = Alt_L Meta_L Alt_R Meta_R
>
> add control = Alt_L Alt_R Meta_L
> add mod1    = Control_L Control_R
>
> But whilst Emacs-27.2 recognises the control modifier on mod1, it fails to recognise
> the meta modifier on control.
>
>
>