Hotkeys do not work in Kate

[Rex Dieter]

root wrote:

> I installed 64-bit FC15 with KDE on ThinkPad X201i. Hotkeys like Ctrl+S,
> Ctrl+W, Ctrl+Q, etc. do not work in Kate or Kwrite editors. How to make
> them working?

can't say i've ever had problems myself or heard of any like this before.

for posterity, 
do these shortcuts work in other applications (besides kwrite/kate)?
what keyboard layout are you using (if altered from the default)?

-- rex