On Tue, 2007-05-15 at 19:43 -0400, Allan Gottlieb wrote: > I would like to use mod4 as a modifier key for keyboard shortcuts. > > I have done this in the past and those shortcuts still work fine > (eg mod4-f2 brings up the "run application" dialog). > > But I can't add any new ones. Say I want have mod4-M as my email key > > 1. I click on say E-mail and the row is hilighted (good) > > 2. I press mod4 (super_L) and super_L becomes the shortcut > > That is Super_L is being viewed as a key not a modifier. > > As I said, this is only for trying to create new shortcuts. > If I type mod4-t, I get a gnome-terminal since I created > that shortcut quite a while ago. > > I do not need to have a graphical tool, a text based method would be > fine. I've seen a number of people complain about this, and I don't know why it happens. For some reason, the Keyboard Shortcuts preference tool just grabs the Super_L keypress, without waiting for a Mod4-modified keypress. You can bypass the preference tool using the Configuration Editor, though. You'll find it in your Applications menu under System Tools. (If you don't have it installed, look for gconf-editor in your package updater.) What's more, there are two sets of global keybindings: metacity's and gnome-settings-daemon's. Oddly enough, the gnome-settings-daemon keybindings don't seem to understand Mod4, even when set by hand in the Configuration Editor. The metacity keybindings, however, do understand Mod4. The terminal keybinding is handled by metacity. Hence, it works for you. Unfortunately, the email keybinding is handled by gnome-settings-daemon. Fortunately, metacity also allows you to bind up to 12 keys to any arbitrary command, so you can use that instead. In the Configuration Editor, browse to /apps/metacity/global_keybindings and select the key run_command_1. (If that's already set, select some other run_command_i, for i from 1 to 12.) Set that to "<Mod4>M", without the quotes. Now go to /apps/metacity/keybinding_commands and select the key command_1 (or the corresponding key for whichever run_command_i you selected). Set that to whatever command launches your email program. That should do the trick. -- Shaun _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
