Re: dell laptop cannot access super-key.

[goncholden]

------- Original Message -------
On Sunday, March 13th, 2022 at 9:55 PM, Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com> 
wrote:

> 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

For the moment I am doing as you suggest


> > 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.