Sorry to hear about the gnome3 pains -- afraid I cant help much -- I completely eliminated gnome and just run stumpwm as a tiling window manager, with Emacs in one window and Chrome/ChromeVox in the other. >>>>> "Robert" == Robert D Crawford <robdcraw@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: Robert> Hello all, I am at a loss as to how to proceed and Robert> I'm hoping someone can assist. Robert> Robert> I'm trying to give GNOME 3 a chance on my new Robert> install. It makes use of the Super key, so I thought Robert> I would assign hyper to be my "emacs" key. I've used Robert> this .Xmodmap file: Robert> Robert> ! No Caps Lock clear lock keycode 66 = Hyper_L ! Robert> keysym Caps_Lock = Hyper_L clear mod3 add Mod3 = Robert> Hyper_L Robert> Robert> Robert> and the result, according to xmodmap is: Robert> Robert> rdc@xxxxxxxxxxx:~$ xmodmap xmodmap: up to 4 keys per Robert> modifier, (keycodes in parentheses): Robert> Robert> shift Shift_L (0x32), Shift_R (0x3e) lock Hyper_L Robert> (0x42) control Control_L (0x25), Control_R (0x69) Robert> mod1 Alt_L (0x40), Alt_R (0x6c), Meta_L (0xcd) mod2 Robert> Num_Lock (0x4d) mod3 mod4 Super_L (0x85), Super_R Robert> (0x86), Super_L (0xce), Hyper_L (0xcf) mod5 Robert> ISO_Level3_Shift (0x5c), Mode_switch (0xcb) Robert> Robert> rdc@xxxxxxxxxxx:~$ Robert> Robert> but emacs still thinks it is a super key, giving me Robert> the response "Cap x is bound to self-insert Robert> character." The lock is gone, but nothing else. In Robert> addition, why is the mod3 line blank? Any ideas? Robert> Robert> Concerning GNOME 3, I'm not terribly impressed. I Robert> make use of the magnifier and the one baked into Robert> gnome shell is shite. The movement is not smooth at Robert> all and if I try to change the shortcut it only Robert> rarely works. When I don't change the shortcut Robert> sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. I can't Robert> seem to figure out in what instances it doesn't work, Robert> so I can't really request help, but I might try. I Robert> was a long-time user of compiz and the magnification Robert> was infinitely smoother and more configurable. I Robert> would have hoped that by the 5th release of gnome Robert> shell it would have been at least comparable. Alas, Robert> it is not so. My next step, I think, is to install Robert> XFCE and compiz. Robert> Robert> Sorry for the rant, but thanks for listening. Robert> Robert> Best regards, rdc -- Robert D. Crawford Robert> robdcraw@xxxxxxxxxxx Robert> Robert> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert> To unsubscribe from the emacspeak list or change your Robert> address on the emacspeak list send mail to Robert> "emacspeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxx" with a subject of Robert> "unsubscribe" or "help". -- Best Regards, --raman ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the emacspeak list or change your address on the emacspeak list send mail to "emacspeak-request@xxxxxxxxxxx" with a subject of "unsubscribe" or "help".
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