newbie questions on xfce

[Globe Trotter]

--- On Sat, 5/31/08, Alexander Toresson <alexander.toresson at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Alexander Toresson <alexander.toresson at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: newbie questions on xfce
> To: "XFCE general discussion list" <xfce at xfce.org>
> Date: Saturday, May 31, 2008, 12:44 PM
> On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 6:07 PM, Globe Trotter
> <itsme_410 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> > (1) I would like to be able to keybind
> raising the
> >> window to F1
> >> > (let's say) and lowering the window using
> F2,
> >> moving the window using
> >> > F3. How can I achieve this?
> >>
> >> Check the keyboard settings in the Window Manager
> settings
> >> panel.  I
> >> believe you'll find everything you need there.
> >>
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Thanks very much! I have not been able to get this to
> work. Here is what I did:
> >
> > Go into Window Manager Settings. Go to Keyboard tab.
> It says Default and is all grayed out. Nothing can be done.
> All I can do is create a theme, which I do called MyTheme.
> Then the keyboard shortcuts are clickable but I can only
> delete key bindings. Anyway, I gave up after a while, and
> went to my .themes/MyTheme/xfwm4 and then manually set
> >
> > raise_window_key=F1
> 
> You're supposed to be able to double-click a keybinding
> and get a
> window where you press the key to be used and it will be
> used instead.
> 
> > I exited. Now this entry shows up on the Keyboard
> shortcuts as above, but it does not work. I guess there
> must be a place where I have to be able to say that I am to
> use this theme? I do have the key shortcut theme highlighted
> in the Keyboard under Window Manager settings.
> 
> You should just need to select that wm shortcut theme for
> it to become active.

Thanks a bundle! How do I go about doing this? Where is this setting?

This is most helpful.

Best,
Trotter




> 
> > I am using Fedora 8. I wonder if the installation of
> xfce on Fedora 8 has done some things which I can't
> figure out?
> 
> Well, we don't really know what (if any) patches fedora
> has applied to
> Xfce, so there could be a potential source of problems
> there, but it
> shouldn't be any problem.
> 
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > Many thanks again,
> > Trotter
> > Many thanks,
> > Trotter
> >
> 
> // Alexander
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