[Goodies-dev] libxfce4kbd-private global shortcut questions

[Jannis Pohlmann]

Hey,

On Mon, 7 Dec 2009 23:14:44 +0100
Hakan Erduman <hakan at erduman.de> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> a) Is it OK for a panel-plugin to use the XfceShortCut[ Provider |
>   Grabber | . ] classes or are they reserved for xfwm4 use only?

no, it's not really ok to do this. The library is called -private for a
reason. If you want your panel plugin to monitor key events, you can use
your own event filter like XfceShortcutGrabber does. 

> b) How would one install a set of default shortcuts into 
>   /etc/xdg/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts.xml,
>   so that the shortcut provider list will be updated?

This is not possible. xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts.xml is reserved for core
Xfce shortcuts.

  - Jannis
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