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JUSHJUSH

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Registered: 2017-11-25

Posts: 5

[SOLVED] xbindkeys and custrom script

Hello.
I'm trying to bind my custom script to key via xbindkeys.
My script is located in /usr/local/bin/screen.sh

 #!/bin/bash

name="$HOME/SS/SS"
if [[ -e $name.png ]] ; then
	i=0
	while [[ -e $name$i.png ]] ; do
		let i++
	done
	name=$name$i
fi

scrot -s $name.png
xclip -selection clipboard -t image/png -i $name.png

and is working fine when i'm starting it from terminal ($ screen.sh ).

But when i try to bind it to key, noone of this works:

"/usr/local/bin/screen.sh"
	m:0x0 + c:115

"screen.sh"
	m:0x0 + c:116

When I press binded keys nothing happens. Ofcourse I reloaded xbindkeys, other binds to "standard" applications are working for me.
What am I doing wrong?

Last edited by JUSHJUSH (2017-11-25 14:56:51)

Trilby

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Registered: 2011-11-29

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Re: [SOLVED] xbindkeys and custrom script

Have you tried binding other commands to the same keys (e.g., have you verified that that key is detected)?

Also, I assume the space before the shebang in your script is just on the forums, right (otherwise it wouldn't work at all unless you source it rather than run it)?

On a different note, you could simplify that script a fair bit:

name="$HOME/SS/SS"
unset i
while [[ -e "${name}${i}.png" ]]; do
   let i++
done
scrot -s "${name}${i}.png"
xclip ...

Last edited by Trilby (2017-11-25 14:07:33)

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JUSHJUSH

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Registered: 2017-11-25

Posts: 5

Re: [SOLVED] xbindkeys and custrom script

Yeah, key is detected.
I added space accidently while pasting it here.

Last edited by JUSHJUSH (2017-11-25 14:42:24)

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] xbindkeys and custrom script

prepend a "sleep 0.25"  or so to allow a key release, also redirect the scripts outputs somewhere you can inspect it like " >> /tmp/wtf.log 2>&1" or so.

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JUSHJUSH

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Registered: 2017-11-25

Posts: 5

Re: [SOLVED] xbindkeys and custrom script

Thank you, sleep do the job