On 01/09/2012 06:34 PM, Freeman wrote: > On Mon, Jan 09, 2012 at 07:56:55AM -0500, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: >> On 01/08/2012 07:54 PM, Freeman wrote: >>> On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 04:13:37PM -0800, evenso wrote: >>>> On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 10:01:09PM +0400, Roman Khomasuridze wrote: >>>>> Sorry, forgot to mention that in previous post..see settings -> window >>>>> manager -> keyboard. there are bunch of <cntrl> related shortcuts there. >>>>> remove them and you'll be all set up. >>>>> >>>> >>>> (Starting the bottom post protocol used here.) >>>> >>>> That was helpful but I still haven't ever found, got working or >>>> successfully >>>> entered under Xfce4 the <Control>space shortcut that is used by kupfer out >>>> of the box in Gnome and Openbox. Although I do have <Super>space working >>>> for gmrun. For that matter, I have never succeeded in getting any >>>> <Control>xyz shortcut working under Xfce4. >>>> >>> >>> In case I am not the only person who didn't know this, I recently discovered >>> that the fxce4 term for the ctrl key is "Primary" . >>> >> To quote a little note that showed up in the aptitude scroll during >> installation of the latest libxfce4gui library to make its way into >> Wheezy on my systems: >> >> -----------------------------8<----------------------------- >> >> libxfce4ui (4.8.0-4) unstable; urgency=low >> Starting Gtk+ 2.24.7, the Control key often found on PC keyboards isn't >> called 'Control' but 'Primary', breaking configured keyboard shortcuts >> already set. If you experience this in Xfce (application not starting and >> keyboard shortcut using Control key), just re-bind the various >> shortcuts using the same keys combination. The shortcut will be >> replaced by >> the 'Primary' version and will work correctly. >> -- Yves-Alexis Perez <cor...@debian.org> Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:10:00 +0100 >> >> -----------------------------8<----------------------------- >> >> All I needed to do to restore my keyboard shortcuts that used the <Ctrl> >> key was to delete those shortcuts, and then re-create them. When you do >> this you'll see that the left <Ctrl> key will be called <Primary>. >> >> > > Right, the nifty Settings > Keyboard > Shortcuts utility. > > However, I've noticed that Primary shortcut in Xfce4 are interfering with > some <Ctrl> shortcuts in mutt, even when the mutt window is not active. > This didn't with the same <Ctrl> shortcuts in Gnome because I wouldn't have > been able to use mutt effectively. > > So Xfce4 is not respecting the window for Primary shortcuts or something is > different. > Ouch!
I don't use mutt, or anything else (apparently) that gets interfered with, but I can see how that would be a bummer. Is it possible that Mutt's integration (or lack thereof) into the DE could be a part of the problem in this case? If this makes no sense -- it is late (where I live), and I am taking "medication". ;-) Best regards, Gilbert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f0b8548.8060...@comcast.net
