Great.  The Xmodmap symbol for the windows Keys are Super_L and Super_R.  The Menu key is, hehe, Menu.

using Xmodmap and the Keysym you can get whatever you need.

Now why don't Gnome and KDE use these by default?

CJK

On Mon, 26 November 2001, Jon Carnes wrote:

> 
> Don't know *how* to do it, but I know that the keys work automagically with 
> some distributions...
> 
> Here's a good starting point:
>   http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Keyboard-and-Console-HOWTO.html
> 
> and from:
>   http://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/linux/kbd/scancodes-2.html#ss2.20
> 
> 2.20 Microsoft Natural keyboard
> 
> This keyboard has three additional keys, with escaped scancodes e0 5b 
> (LeftWindow), e0 5c (RightWindow), e0 5d (Menu). The kscancodes (see below) 
> are e0 1f, e0 27 and e0 2f, respectively. The USB key codes are usage page 
> 0x07, usage index 227, 231, 101 (decimal), respectively. Microsoft 
> describes the intended use in detail. Both Windows keys are intended to be 
> used as modifier keys, like both shift and control and alt keys. The Menu 
> key may be modified by shift etc. 
> 
> ====
> 
> Jaimime Livingston did a lot of research on this when he setup his 
> workstation.  He also figured out how to get all the buttons on his 
> Kensington mouse to work (and do what he wants them to do!).
> 
> Jon
> 
> On Monday 26 November 2001 06:23, Christopher Knowles wrote:
> > I've got a Microsoft Natural Keyboard, not the new one with all special
> > buttons, but it does have that Windows key.
> >
> > I was wondering if there was a way to get the windows key on the 104
> > keyboards to do something under X?
> >
> > (Of course, I like the idea of the one with all the special buttons, hit
> > a key and it checks e-mail... etc.  Any support for one of those either?)
> >
> > Thanks
> > CJK
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