use Win key for shortcuts

[Thomas Blasejewicz]

(2014/11/27 21:56), Matthew J Cliffe wrote:
>    Dont understand what you mean you mapped the meta to the win key; they
> are the same thing.
>
> What you need to do from where Myriam told you to go is to map the key
> binds to specific tasks.
>
> For instance map meta+t to open terminal,
> map meta+t to minimize all windows .etc etc
>
> On Thu, 2014-11-27 at 19:36 +0900, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote:
>> (2014/11/27 19:01), Myriam Schweingruber wrote:
>>> Hi Thomas,
>>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Thomas Blasejewicz <nyuwa at hb.tp1.jp> wrote:
>>>> Good evening
>>>> Before I had to reinstall Kubuntu, I DID use the "Win" (apparently also
>>>> called "Meta", or "Super") key for shortcuts.
>>>> Like Win + T = open a terminal
>>>>
>>>> After I reinstalled and fixed the recent "dependency problems"
>>>> this does not work any more.
>>>> Pressing Win + any key, opens a little window at the top of the screen
>>>> saying "System Activity".
>>>> That is wonderful, but I would like to use that Win key for a number of
>>>> shortcuts. (which DID work before)
>>>>
>>>> Is there a trick to get that functionality back?
>>> have a look in System Settings -> Input Devices -> Keyboard settings
>>> -> The Advanced Tab
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Myriam
>>>
>> Thank you,
>> but that does not seem to work.
>> I "mapped the meta key to the Win key" - which does not change anything.
>> I also tried to mark the left Win key as a "compose key".
>>
>> What exactly should I be looking for?
>> Thomas
>>
>
>
After a lot of trial and error I finally managed to get this to work; I 
mean mostly.
Thank you for your help.
(I am afraid, I will have a lot more rather stupid questions ...)

Thomas