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Global hotkeys do not work with "media" and "pause" key

I tried to assign Super+P to !Play/Pause global hotkey. I use Xubuntu Linux 13.10. The Super key is also known as Win key - it is the key with Windows logo. I assigned it in settings, it appeared as Media+P. I restarted VLC. From that moment, P key alone worked as !Play/Pause (which prevented me to even write letter P in all other apps) and Super+P did nothing. I tried Alt+P and it worked as expected. I tried Pause (also known as !Pause/Break) key, because I don't use it at all and it would suit to the !Play/Pause needs by it's name. Also, it's single key, which is better than combination. However, only Unset appeared in settings and nothing worked as expected after restart.

Edited by Rémi Denis-Courmont
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