On Thu, May 21, 2026 at 12:19:01PM +0200, Lionel Élie Mamane wrote: > My /etc/default/keyboard contains
> XKBMODEL="microsoft4000" > XKBLAYOUT="us" > XKBVARIANT="euro" > XKBOPTIONS="altwin:left_meta_win,compose:menu" > BACKSPACE="guess" > But now Emacs has started to treat the left Microsoft Windows logo > key as meta _and_ super at the same time, so that any binding in > emacs that uses Meta is unusable, because emacs will say I pressed > M-s-FOO when I pressed left Microsoft Windows logo key + FOO, which > used to be just M-FOO. > "xmodmodmap" output: > > shift Shift_L (0x32), Shift_R (0x3e) > lock Caps_Lock (0x42) > control Control_L (0x25), Control_R (0x69) > mod1 Alt_L (0x40), Alt_L (0xcc) > mod2 Num_Lock (0x4d) > mod3 ISO_Level5_Shift (0xcb) > mod4 Meta_L (0x85), Super_R (0x86), Meta_L (0xcd), Super_L (0xce), > Hyper_L (0xcf) > mod5 ISO_Level3_Shift (0x5c) > > I tried "xmodmap -e 'remove mod4 = Super_R Super_L Hyper_L'" to get > > mod4 Meta_L (0x85), Meta_L (0xcd) > > + start a new emacs, but it did not change anything. I've had more success with $ xmodmap -e 'remove mod4 = Meta_L' $ xmodmap -e 'add mod1 = Meta_L' which gives mod1 Alt_L (0x40), Meta_L (0x85), Alt_L (0xcc), Meta_L (0xcd) mod4 Super_R (0x86), Super_L (0xce), Hyper_L (0xcf) (where from did Alt_L suddenly get into mod1 again???) but now emacs treat both Alt_L and Meta_L (Microsoft Windows logo key) as Meta; I tried "xmodmap -e 'remove mod1 = Alt_L'" which gives mod1 Meta_L (0x85), Meta_L (0xcd) mod4 Super_R (0x86), Super_L (0xce), Hyper_L (0xcf) but emacs still wrongly treats the Alt_L key as Meta. But this in turns breaks using the Alt key for the window manager, the Window manager now uses Meta_L (Microsoft Windows logo key) for Alt
