bug#54289: 29.0.50; Emacs ignores xmodmap Super_L assignment

[Po Lu]

Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com> writes:

> Stephen Berman <stephen.berman@gmx.net> writes:
>
>> I have these entries in ~/.Xmodmap:
>>
>> keysym Super_L = slash
>> keysym Menu = backslash
>>
>> In my latest build from master (details below), the Super_L assignment
>> is ignored and Emacs does not react at all to pressing the Super_L key
>> (the Menu assignment is still recognized).  According to git bisect the
>> following commit introduced this behavior change:
>
> Thanks, that's very odd.  Do GTK programs also ignore this mapping?

If that is so, you probably have a stray modifier bound to Super_L
(perhaps Mod4?)

In that case, you should also add:

  remove Super_L = Mod4

Or something of the sorts to your .Xmodmap.