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Where does ubuntu store keyboard shortcut settings?

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Mar 15, 20266076 views
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I'm having trouble setting a keyboard shortcut in Ubuntu. Trying to use the win (super) key as a modifier, but as soon as I press the win key the keyboard shortcut UI just assumes I wanted to use just that key. I figure the easiest thing would be to modify the settings file itself, where I should b…

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My settings seem to be stored in Gconf. You can access these in the gconf-editor under /apps/metacity/global_keybindings or /apps/metacity/window_keybindings. These settings are stored in and . If you'll be changing the XML directly, I recommend log…

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