xfce4-terminal bind string to key?

[Ulli Horlacher]

On Sun 2021-07-18 (22:34), Silvio Knizek wrote:

> > Is it possible with xfce4-terminal to bind a string to a key?
> 
> not directly with xfce4-terminal

It's a pity...


> but with a combination of general keyboard shurtcuts to launch
> applications and »xdotool« to check for the Terminal and enter the key
> sequence.
> 
> ```bash
> bash -c '[[ "$(xdotool getactivewindow getwindowname)" =~ Terminal ]] && sleep 0.1 && xdotool key --delay 10 --clearmodifiers "0" "0" "0" "0" "space" "T" "e" "s" "t"'
> ```
> 
> Bind this in xfce4-keyboard-settings to Ctrl+0 (I really suggest the
> Ctrl here, else the 0 on the numpad can't be used in other applications
> anymore).

No, I REALLY need to bind the numpad without a modifier key and only for
xfce4-terminal, because I run a VMS editor emulation within.


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