In the terminal application in specific, you can disable the menu shortcuts it in the options (otherwise I don't know how would I edit long commands). See:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/30224/how-to-disable-the-alt-hotkey- behavior-on-gnome-terminal For all the other applications, though, it is not possible to free alt-shortcuts for other uses. On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Pjack Chen <pjack.c...@gmail.com> wrote: > This bug really annoy me too. I cannot use some Alt+<key> shortcut key > in bash. ex: Alt+f, Alt + (left arrow key), Alt + (right arrow key) > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1113420 > > Title: > Alt+<key> window menu shortcuts cannot be disabled > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1113420/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1113420 Title: Alt+<key> window menu shortcuts cannot be disabled To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1113420/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs