Re: Command key not working in X
On Sat, 2002-01-19 at 07:42, The Doctor What wrote:
> I would like my Command key to act as a modifier (Meta_L would be okay),
> but it is refusing to co-operate.
>
> I tried to get it to work via xmodmap with this file:
> keycode 115 = Meta_L
> clear Mod4
> add Mod4 = Meta_L Meta_R
>
> And xmodmap -pm says it's working, but in KDE, I can't bind keys or
> anything and nothing is registering a difference between command-f1
> and f1. It always shows up as just f1.
Are you sure that's not a KDE limitation? E.g. does emacs recognize it
as Meta?
> What is going wrong?
>
> My XF86Config-4:
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
> Driver "keyboard"
> Option "CoreKeyboard"
> Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
> Option "XkbModel" "macintosh"
> Option "XkbLayout" "dvorak"
> Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps"
> EndSection
Command is Meta here by default; I suspect Xkb is in fact disabled for
you because there is no macintosh symbols file for dvorak (yet? :).
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
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