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robmaloy

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From: Germany

Registered: 2008-05-14

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[dwm] configure XF86LaunchA to spawn something

hi, i've set up my thinkpad t42's ACCESS IBM button to produce "XF86LaunchA"

how can assign it to spawn urxvt with netcfg-menu in dwm?

thx 4 ur help

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thayer

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From: Vancouver, BC

Registered: 2007-05-20

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Re: [dwm] configure XF86LaunchA to spawn something

If you have other hotkeys you'd like to bind then you might be better off using xbindkeys--it's dead simple to configure and doesn't even require that the keys are assigned.  Otherwise, have a look at this thread:

http://lists.suckless.org/dwm/0701/1781.html

Basically you'll have to do something like this with your config.h:

#include <X11/XF86keysym.h> /* makes XF86* keys work */

/* commands */
static const char *netcfgcmd[]  = { "urxvt", "-e", "netcfg-menu", NULL };

static Key keys[] = {
    /* modifier                     key        function        argument */
    { 0,                       XF86XK_LaunchA,      spawn,          {.v = netcfgcmd } },

Haven't done this myself, so I can't confirm it'll work in the current version, but several older threads report success.

Last edited by thayer (2008-10-31 14:43:36)

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rson451

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Re: [dwm] configure XF86LaunchA to spawn something

I use XF86 keysyms in my config.h.  The include above works.

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robmaloy

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From: Germany

Registered: 2008-05-14

Posts: 263

Re: [dwm] configure XF86LaunchA to spawn something

XF86XK_LaunchA

thats what i was looking for
thx

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