On 25 December 2010 13:24, Minh Van Le <mva...@tpg.com.au> wrote:
> Hello :)
>
> I've been searching the net all morning and can't seem to find a way to
> get my laptop's "Win" key (the key on the keyboard that has the MS
> Windows logo on it) to actually do something.
>
> I'm using Fedora 13.
>
> I want to be able to just press the "Win" key so that it opens the
> Fedora Application menu.
>
> I can map my "Win" key with other keys using Fedora's "Keyboard
> Shortcuts" menu (eg. "Win+e" to run Nautilus etc) but I can't get the
> "Win" key on its own to actually do something.
>
> I think my problem is that Fedora is treating my "Win" key as a
> modifier.
>
> I've used "xev" to find out that my "Win" key's keycode is 133. I've
> tried putting in ~/.xmodmap:
>
>        Control_L Escape
>        F14
>
> and ran "xmodmap ~/.xmodmap" and/or put it in
> "/etc/X11/xinit/Xessions" ... but I sitll can't get the desired effect.
>
> Does anybody know how to get the "Win" key (the key on the keyboard that
> has the MS Windows logo on it) to actually do something eg. open the
> Fedora Application menu ?


Does anyone else find this ironic :P .. "has the MS Windows logo on
it) to actually do something".
Nope I thought is what it was supposed to do :P
Sorry I can't be of more help, but what window manager/environment are
you using ?
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