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Re: hyper key help



So Gnome 3.10 is already out?

Bill
On 8/23/2013 10:28 AM, T. V. Raman wrote:
"hacks to read pdf" go away when gnome3 supports tagged pdf --
sure:-)

the "hacks" you refer to   so lightly e.g. pdf2txt -- use the
same underlying mechanisms and libraries that gnome3  uses for
tagged PDF  -- you wont getting anything more or anything
less. Use what works for you by all means --
"Alex" == Alex Midence <alex.midence@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
     Alex> Honestly, I only run Emacs in the console. I don't run
     Alex> it in X. I've never had much luck making it do what I
     Alex> wanted in X. I have never heard of Stumpwm. Sounds like
     Alex> a plain Jane window manager with nothing else in the
     Alex> way of supporting desktop applications. Nice if you
     Alex> have a minimalist philosophy, I suppose. I like too
     Alex> many of the applications that come with Gnome to give
     Alex> it up. Besides, they are introducing honest-to-God PDF
     Alex> support with this upcoming version and actual tagged
     Alex> pdf support in Gnome 3.12. The day of using hacks to
     Alex> read a PDF in Linux are almost at an end for screen
     Alex> reader users. Don't see how I could ever stop using it
     Alex> now.
     Alex>
     Alex> Alex M
     Alex>
     Alex> -----Original Message----- From: T. V. Raman
     Alex> [mailto:tv.raman.tv@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, August 23,
     Alex> 2013 8:43 AM To: robdcraw@xxxxxxxxxxx Cc:
     Alex> emacspeak@xxxxxxxxxxx Subject: hyper key help
     Alex>
     Alex> Sorry to hear about the gnome3 pains -- afraid I cant
     Alex> help much -- I completely eliminated gnome and just run
     Alex> stumpwm as a tiling window manager, with Emacs in one
     Alex> window and Chrome/ChromeVox in the other.
     >>>>>> "Robert" == Robert D Crawford <robdcraw@xxxxxxxxxxx>
     >>>>>> writes:
     Robert> Hello all, I am at a loss as to how to proceed and
     Robert> I'm hoping someone can assist.
     Robert>
     Robert> I'm trying to give GNOME 3 a chance on my new
     Robert> install. It makes use of the Super key, so I thought
     Robert> I would assign hyper to be my "emacs" key. I've used
     Robert> this .Xmodmap file:
     Robert>
     Robert> ! No Caps Lock clear lock keycode 66 = Hyper_L !
     Robert> keysym Caps_Lock = Hyper_L clear mod3 add Mod3 =
     Robert> Hyper_L
     Robert>
     Robert>
     Robert> and the result, according to xmodmap is:
     Robert>
     Robert> rdc@xxxxxxxxxxx:~$ xmodmap xmodmap: up to 4 keys per
     Robert> modifier, (keycodes in parentheses):
     Robert>
     Robert> shift Shift_L (0x32), Shift_R (0x3e) lock Hyper_L
     Robert> (0x42) control Control_L (0x25), Control_R (0x69)
     Robert> mod1 Alt_L (0x40), Alt_R (0x6c), Meta_L (0xcd) mod2
     Robert> Num_Lock (0x4d) mod3 mod4 Super_L (0x85), Super_R
     Robert> (0x86), Super_L (0xce), Hyper_L (0xcf) mod5
     Robert> ISO_Level3_Shift (0x5c), Mode_switch (0xcb)
     Robert>
     Robert> rdc@xxxxxxxxxxx:~$
     Robert>
     Robert> but emacs still thinks it is a super key, giving me
     Robert> the response "Cap x is bound to self-insert
     Robert> character." The lock is gone, but nothing else. In
     Robert> addition, why is the mod3 line blank? Any ideas?
     Robert>
     Robert> Concerning GNOME 3, I'm not terribly impressed. I
     Robert> make use of the magnifier and the one baked into
     Robert> gnome shell is shite. The movement is not smooth at
     Robert> all and if I try to change the shortcut it only
     Robert> rarely works. When I don't change the shortcut
     Robert> sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. I can't
     Robert> seem to figure out in what instances it doesn't work,
     Robert> so I can't really request help, but I might try. I
     Robert> was a long-time user of compiz and the magnification
     Robert> was infinitely smoother and more configurable. I
     Robert> would have hoped that by the 5th release of gnome
     Robert> shell it would have been at least comparable. Alas,
     Robert> it is not so. My next step, I think, is to install
     Robert> XFCE and compiz.
     Robert>
     Robert> Sorry for the rant, but thanks for listening.
     Robert>
     Robert> Best regards, rdc -- Robert D. Crawford
     Robert> robdcraw@xxxxxxxxxxx
     Robert>
     Robert>
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     Alex> -- Best Regards, --raman
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