A Hotkey Program?

[Sanford Armstrong]

Hello all,

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.

I am a novice C++ programmer (~1 yr), and have never had a project 
outside of school.  Does anybody have any advice, or suggestions for 
starting a project like this?

Thanks,
Sanford Armstrong
sanfordarmstrong at email.com