Comment 23 for bug 7183

Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 22:45:10 +0200
From: <email address hidden> (Denis Barbier)
To: Scott Robinson <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#259740: xlibs: Windows key no longer treated as modifer,just as Super_L

On Sat, Sep 11, 2004 at 12:13:48PM -0700, Scott Robinson wrote:
> I tried that setting. (See my current X config attached.)
>
> The behavior still occurs.
[...]
> Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
> Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
> Option "XkbLayout" "dvorak"
> Option "XkbOption" "altwin:super_win"

To reproduce your settings, I ran:
  $ setxkbmap -model pc104 -layout dvorak -option -option altwin:super_win
  $ killall WindowMaker && metacity
I am then able to switch between windows with any window key + Tab.

My $HOME/.gconf/apps/metacity/global_keybindings/%gconf.xml contains:
        <entry name="switch_windows" mtime="1094910045" type="string">
                <stringvalue>&lt;Mod4&gt;Tab</stringvalue>
        </entry>
It also works when set to "<Super>Tab" with gconf-editor.

Some GNOME component surely alter X settings, but I can't help much.
If you can reproduce the steps above, I would say that this bug can
be closed if a note is added to some README file to help people
upgrading from woody. On fresh installs, I believe that this option
should be set by default for pc104/pc105 keyboards.

Denis