new menu-search incompatible with emacs meta (alt) key

[Thomas Bechtold]

i updated to the latest unity and when i press the alt key (which is the meta key) in emacs, the unity menu pops up and i can not enter the emacs command.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: unity 5.4.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-16.25-generic-pae 3.2.6
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-16-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,gnomecompat,regex,grid,place,vpswitch,imgpng,move,snap,animation,resize,expo,mousepoll,session,workarounds,wall,ezoom,fade,scale,unityshell]
Date: Fri Feb 17 19:17:37 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110426)
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-02-17 (0 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[James Troup (elmo)]

I'm having the same problem. For me, it's very frequent but fairly
random, every so often the way I'm using Meta (Alt) in Emacs is
interpreted by Unity as a tap - even though it wasn't; at least, not
intentionally.

[James Ferguson (jamesf)]

I think this is covered by bug #934610.