Requirements
You need the following components to run
Xhotkeys:
- X-Window system (XFree86 or Xorg)
- Python 2.4
- Python-Xlib and Python-GTK2
Setup
You have to configure your destkop environment to run
Xhotkeys at startup. For example, with GNOME you will do:
- System-> Preferences -> Sessions
- StartUp Programs -> Add
- StartUp Command: xhotkeys (order: 50)
At this point, you should restart the session.
Hotkey configuration
Run xhotkeys --config
Add new entries, delete them or edit existing ones. Configuration will be saved on exit.
On the Edit hotkey window you must fill the name and command entries (hotkey can be disabled). While you are in recording mode (after
Change Hotkey was pressed), you can abort it pressing
Esc. To disable the hotkey for this entry, just press
BackSpace.
The fields Name and Hotkey cannot be used by another hotkey. The field Command uses the default environment, so it's not necessary to write the full path.
There is a configuration file for each user located at $HOME/.xhotkeys. If the user has not this configuration file, the one located at /etc/xhotkeys.conf will be used.
# Configuration file for xhotkeys
# You can edit this file by hand, but it's easier to
# use the GTK+ graphical configurator: xhotkeys --config.
# Syntax:
# name=<modifier1>[<modifier2>]...[<modifierN>]key:command
# Allowed modifiers are "alt", "control", "altgr" and "winkey"
# Some keynames are obvious, others are not, take a look at this files:
# /usr/lib/python@VERSION@/site-packages/Xlib/keysymdef/latin1.py
# /usr/lib/python@VERSION@/site-packages/Xlib/keysymdef/miscellany.py
# Note: remove heading "XK_" from keynames. For instance: XK_F1 -> F1
# example:
# calculator=<control><alt>F2:xcalc
calc=<winkey>c:gnome-calculator
terminal=<alt>Return:gnome-terminal
k3b=<winkey><control>k:k3b
poweroff=<shift><control><alt>p:poweroff
gaim=<control><alt>g:gaim |
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