HOTKEY in gngeorc not assigned

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Put this configuration. 
p1hotkey0 1,2,4
p1hotkey1 4,8
p1hotkey2 2,8
p1hotkey3 1,4
p1control 
A=K97,B=K115,C=K113,D=K119,START=K49,COIN=K51,UP=K273,DOWN=K274,LEFT=K276,RIGHT=
K275,MENU=K27,HOTKEY1=K101,HOTKEY2=K100,HOTKEY3=K120,HOTKEY4=K122

This will map E, D, X and Z as hotkey for kyes ABC, CD, BD, AC respectively. 
2. Launch a the game that supports these hot keys. (e.g. kof98-kof03)
3. Take a coin and start playing.
4. During the game press any of E, D, X and Z. 

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Pressing E will be same as pressing ABC together.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Gngeo 0.8
OS: Ubuntu 12.04

Please provide any additional information below.

This is the configuration file (gngeorc) I am using

rompath /media/GAMESPOT/Emulators/mroms
effect hq2x
raster true
showfps true
samplerate 44100
p1hotkey0 1,2,4
p1hotkey1 4,8
p1hotkey2 2,8
p1hotkey3 1,4
p1control 
A=K97,B=K115,C=K113,D=K119,START=K49,COIN=K51,UP=K273,DOWN=K274,LEFT=K276,RIGHT=
K275,MENU=K27,HOTKEY1=K101,HOTKEY2=K100,HOTKEY3=K120,HOTKEY4=K122

Original issue reported on code.google.com by shiplu....@gmail.com on 4 Nov 2012 at 5:29

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