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xbindkeys package

The xbindkeysrc example ctrl+f to start xterm enabled by default

Bug #902224 reported by Laurent Schoupi
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Bug Description

Since Ubuntu 11.10, the config examples in ~/.xbindkeysrc are enabled by default:

#"xbindkeys_show"
  control+shift + q

# set directly keycode (here control + f with my keyboard)
"xterm"
  c:41 + m:0x4

# specify a mouse button
"xterm"
  control + b:2

The shortcut ctrl+f example for xterm is particulary annoying as this is a much used shortcut in lots of softwares for searches. After an upgrade, users see this shortcut acting strangely as they probably won't make a connection to xbindkeys which they might have installed years before. See for instance:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/66456/after-upgrading-to-11-10-when-pressing-ctrlf-xterm-is-popping-up

It would be great to comment those example in this file to avoid confusion.

Thanks a lot.

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Tags: patch
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Laurent Schoupi (schoupi) wrote :
description: updated
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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote :

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tags: added: patch
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Lutz Langenbach (luzido) wrote :

Yes, it was rely hard work to finally figure out that xbindkeys was the source of the poping up xterm-window, every time i would like to move cursor to the right (<Control>f) or open a file in emacs (C-x C-f).

Please 'xbindkeys --defaults > $HOME/.xbindkeysrc' should output all key-mappings commented. Thanks.

Keyboard shortcut Control f opens xterm <-- add this to the topic, people will find the reason faster if they have the same trouble.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in xbindkeys (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Shane Hou (hsy-ghoul) wrote :

I simply `killall xbindkeys` and the problem disappeared. It seems that xbindkeys won't reload itself automatically, even you run `xbindkeys` manually.

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