Windows key mapping

[Colin Law]

On 28 December 2010 14:56, Thomas Blasejewicz <thomas at s7.dion.ne.jp> wrote:
> Good evening
> I would like to assign a number of keyboard shortcuts to the "Win key",
> which is otherwise idle under Ubuntu.
> I have Ubuntu 10.04 installed on an old note book PC (for experimenting)
> and NO PROBLEMS to assign key combinations like "Win + U" = Logout.
>
> Under TuxTrans (Ubuntu 10.04 + software for translators) this does not
> seem to work. When I press the Windows
> key in an attempt at assigning some shortcut, I get "ISO First Group"
> and that's is - no combination possible.
>
> Ubuntu help documentation -> http://Lin-transfer/MappingWindowsKey.htm:
> "First, we will need to edit or create the .xstartup file. This file is
> run when the GUI is started, and will give persistence to this
> modification. If the file exists, open your favorite text editor then
> edit to include the following commands. If the file does not exist, add
> the following to a new file and save it to "/home/user/.xstartup".
>
> # Make the Windows key a useable mod key:
> xmodmap -e "remove mod4 = F13"
> xmodmap -e "keycode 115 = Super_L"
> xmodmap -e "add mod4 = Super_L"
>
> Note: You can type these three commands directly in a terminal window to
> test them. If the first command returns commandline:1: bad remove
> modifier keysym list (empty), then simply delete it or add a # before it
> to comment it out."
>
> There IS no such file and creating it was possible, but when I tried to
> save it as instructed, I red a red-colored error, telling me I do not
> have the required permissions. I am the only one using this computer:
>
> "Could not save the file /usr/.xstartup
> You do not have the permissions necessary to save the file".
>
> Anyway, I tried to find the "place" given in the instructions above:
> "/home/user/", but using the find command I get NO results. (visual
> checking / displaying hidden files = same result)

When it says /home/user it means /home/you_user_name, that is your
home directory.  So if you logon as fred then your home dir is
/home/fred.

Colin