By: jajan

jajan — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 10:30:26 +0000

Actually, some of us are using xmodmap for a long time now. It is not a new trick, it just isn’t used often by distributors.
These commands I use for my laptop:
xmodmap -e “keycode 160 = XF86AudioMute”
xmodmap -e “keycode 174 = XF86AudioLowerVolume”
xmodmap -e “keycode 176 = XF86AudioRaiseVolume”
xmodmap -e “keycode 223 = XF86Standby”
xmodmap -e “add mod4 = Super_L”

Menu and Super keys are recognized by default on FC6, otherwise you can set it with:
xmodmap -e “keycode 117 = Menu”
xmodmap -e “keycode 115 = Super_L”

I use Super key as modifier for invoking some frequently used applications, i.e.:
Super+f – firefox
Super+e – evolution
Super+t – xterm
etc.

It is sadly that people discovers magic of unix by exploring different gui configurations provided by various distros.

p.s. you have buggy text input form :-)

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