PeterPanic Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 Me again with WindowMaker... :-D (Perhaps I should ask all my WindowMaker questions somewhere on Windowmaker.org, but this board here helps me a lot and others don't. And I think the answer also applies to other WMs..., I guess even to X in general) So, my question: Is it possible to start an application by pressing a Key-Combination in WindowMaker? I just configured the multimedia keys of my keyboard and they work fine (Thanks to theYinYeti's post http://www.mandrakeusers.org/viewtopic.php...p?p=62856#62856.) So now I can e.g. switch my workspaces in WindowMaker with my <-- and --> keys (which usually are used for browsing) I've got a "calculator" key. How can I assign a calculator program to it? And the other thing: How can I actually USE the keys in their original functions (Browser next/prev/reload/stop, audio +/- volume, play, stop,...) And then: Can I assign simple characters to these keys? I'd like to have a key on my german Keyboard (on this it's AltGr+ß)... and perhaps some macros, as e.g. Make a "{ }" and put the cursor in the middle of the brackets... Any ideas? Thanks a lot. PeterPanic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Scrimpshire Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 Download xbindkeys. It's great. http://hocwp.free.fr/xbindkeys/xbindkeys.html Download xbindkeys_config and xbindkeys_show, too to make it easier to configure. http://hocwp.free.fr/xbindkeys/xbindkeys.h....html#utilities Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYinYeti Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 I suggest you follow Steve Scrimpshire's advice. As for the commands, here are some I remember: - sound up: aumix -v +5 - sound down: aumix -v -5 - play CD: cdcd play </dev/null - stop CD: cdcd stop </dev/null - my prefered calculator: xterm -e bash -c "python -i -e 'import * from math'" (or something like that) cdcd is the right app for all CD-related things, IMO. I've done some scripts for the equivalent in xine (DVD) at home. There are also some things you can remotely control with mozilla. For most other things, just use the command as with a terminal: mozilla, oowriter, xcalc... If you're interested, I've also done a kind of "template-script" to make appear/disappear a dock-app in the dock: a single key to switch a dock-app on/off. Yves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYinYeti Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 cdcd is the right app for all CD-related thingsI've just discovered pcd, which seems to be better. I'll have to try it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPanic Posted September 17, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 :) Thanks, seems cool. Should be in the MDK standard distro. I think I'll experiment with it a bit. Tkanks again PeterPanic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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