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synthead

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Registered: 2006-05-09

Posts: 1,337

Putting together some macro functions for Gnome

I have a buddy that's trying to get some macros going in Gnome.  For example, Ctrl + T on the desktop would bring up a terminal, Ctrl + F would bring up Firefox, etc.  How would we do that?

gunnihinn

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From: Torreón, Mexico

Registered: 2007-10-28

Posts: 81

Re: Putting together some macro functions for Gnome

I think you can define keyboard shortcuts in Gnome, via something like Gnome-settings-bleh.

If not there's always xbindkeys.

tigrmesh

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From: Florida, US

Registered: 2007-12-11

Posts: 794

Re: Putting together some macro functions for Gnome

Xhotkeys will let you use the windows key.

blu3ness

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From: Edmonton, Canada

Registered: 2007-12-28

Posts: 169

Re: Putting together some macro functions for Gnome

try gnome-do, although it's not really a keybinding, but it's damn well better than binding those keys , really really awesome btw.

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synthead

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Registered: 2006-05-09

Posts: 1,337

Re: Putting together some macro functions for Gnome

Thanks guys!  We'll look into these apps when I'm at his computer next

gunnihinn

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From: Torreón, Mexico

Registered: 2007-10-28

Posts: 81

Re: Putting together some macro functions for Gnome

Just a quick tip, have your keyboard shortcuts involve the Windows (mod4) key. That way they won't conflict with any application specific keyboard shortcuts. For example, using Control + f to launch Firefox would conflict with using Control + f in Firefox for starting a page search, but Control + Windows + f would have no such problem.