A Hotkey Program?

[Biju Chacko]

On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 21:00:40 +0200, Bernhard Walle wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 at 11:20 (+0530), Biju Chacko wrote:
> > On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 22:39:11 -0700, Sanford Armstrong wrote:
> > 
> > > I'm new to the list, but I've been using XFCE 4 for a couple of months, 
> > > and was interested in writing something for it.  One of the things 
> > > Fluxbox does so well is handle programmable hotkeys, keyboard shortcuts 
> > > that let you execute any arbitrary command based on a config file.  Does 
> > > something like this already exist in XFCE?  I was thinking that if not, 
> > > I would love to make it exist.
> > 
> > Currently we recommend a third-party program called xbindkeys. A native app
> > would be good.
> 
> Why not just integrate xbindkeys in XFce, i.e. distribute it with the
> desktop, write a possibility to start it automatically and provide a MCS
> dialog.

I haven't looked at the xbindkeys code, but it seems to be a good approach.
Maybe the OP could do that.

-- b


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