How to reprogram the M$ key?

[Michael Butash]

I won't argue that, but you're subject to high variability in driver 
support from hardware vs. driver vs. monitor support and bugginess 
across versions of all of them.  I've seen all kinds of wacky things in 
different monitor combinations in gnome/unity/compiz in long-term 
production use as every workstation i own.  Joe's problem isn't entirely 
uncommon with unity and certain invoked glitzy functions.

Additionally, since being on 12.04 various new and annoying (at best, 
worst hard crash) features have been added in unity upgrades numerous 
times, remapping new key functions for exciting random fits of 
aggravation.  I've wasted too much time figuring out what changed and 
slipped in new (mostly the damn lens features that remapped the alt key 
at least twice on me).

Unity is much more tolerable when disabled/gutted switching to metacity. 
  Use cairo-dock or awn (i use both) and you don't really miss it.

-mb


On 09/21/2012 09:38 PM, Derek Trotter wrote:
> It shouldn't lock up the computer, but the daytime high should never be
> warmer than 80 on a summer's day. Politicians should always tell the
> truth. Gas should never be over $1 a gallon, etc. Never underestimate
> the possibilities when dealing with a computer that's designed by
> humans, running software written by humans and used for the most part by
> humans.
>
> On 9/21/2012 19:48, Brian Cluff wrote:
>> If you are talking about the key that is just to the left of the
>> space. That is the "meta" key. It's like CTRL, ALT or SHIFT and should
>> be used to get to extra functions in combination with that key. It
>> shouldn't really do much beyond that and shouldn't be capable of
>> locking up your computer.
>>
>> It is used quite a bit in KDE in hotkeys that adjust the window manager.
>> For instance if I press META + 0 I get a magnified image around the
>> mouse.
>>
>> Brian Cluff
>>
>> On 09/21/2012 06:52 PM, joe at actionline.com wrote:
>>> How can I reprogram/neutralize that annoying M$ key on a standard
>>> keyboard?
>>>
>>> In the past, I have inadvertently hit that key and had it lock up my
>>> Linux
>>> system.
>>>
>>> I don't know what it is for anyway, other than as an annoying
>>> reminder of
>>> M$ anti-trust coercion tactics to try to make the whole world conform to
>>> its dictates.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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