Comment 7 for bug 685309

While I agree that in terms of overall system functionality this is a "low" priority, having a user preference option that's effectively dead and broken is very bad usability and very frustrating for Ubuntu users. Imagine fiddling with a preference repeatedly to no effect whatsoever. IMO it would be preferable to remove the hotkey feature entirely unless it can be restored to functionality, and making a decision either way would be good for the next release.

BTW, this hotkey functionality_is_ a key feature for a notetaking application, because it's fundamentally what makes it possible to integrate it with day-to-day workflow. And the workaround is not in fact a complete workaround, because tomboy ignores parameters if there's a running instance. Finally, the panel workaround did not work for me (tomboy isn't listed in the "add to panel" list; a panel applet is running after tomboy is executed, but the hotkey isn't working).