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Xbindkeys
Table of contents
- Introduction
- Installing
- Configuration and detecting key codes
- Examples
- References
Introduction
Xbindkeys is a program that allows you to launch shell commands with your keyboard or your mouse under X Window. It links commands to keys or mouse buttons, using a configuration file. It's independant of the window manager and can capture all keyboard keys (ex: Power, Wake…).
It is useful to make “dead keys” of a multimedia keyboard work. (ex: play, pause, browser homepage…)
Installing
Use tazpkg to quickly install xbindkeys package. Open a terminal as root and type:
# tazpkg get-install xbindkeys
Current package is xbindkeys-1.8.3.
Configuration and detecting key codes
Xbindkeys uses a configuration file to link a command to a key on your keyboard. Usually this file is : $HOME/.xbindkeyrc
You can have a default one created by using :
$ xbindkeys --defaults > $HOME/.xbindkeysrc
Start the program using:
$ xbindkeys
To add a custom keyboard shortcut, first you have to detect the key code. To do this, use:
$ xbindkeys -k
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