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I'm using Firefox (9.0.1 in Ubuntu 11.10 64-bit) and I'm wondering how to make a shortcut to a certain manipulation of the current URL.

Here's an example to clarify. I'm browsing http://askubuntu.com and I want to go to an URL that is a manipulation of the current URL, namely the URL that is "http://askubuntu.com" with "meta" inserted after "http://", by pressing a certain key combination, e.g. Shift+Alt+M. How can I do this?

I guess this requires two particular things:

  • A device to manipulate the current URL, i.e. a device to insert a certain string into a certain position of the current URL.
  • A device to bind the above procedure to a key combination.

I don't know how to make this happen. Maybe making a bookmark with javascript or use of greasemonkey can achieve it?

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First of all, what OS do you use? – Michael K Sep 7 '11 at 10:08
@MichaelK I've updated my question to include what OS I use. – N.N. Sep 7 '11 at 10:10
As far as I know, there is a standard software for keyboard shortcuts in the ubuntu system settings. I don't know if it does what you want to do, but you may want to check it. – Michael K Sep 7 '11 at 10:30
@MichaelK Do you mean gnome-keybinding-properties? There's is no keybinding to what I'm after there. I'm not after something equivalent to Ctrl+L. – N.N. Sep 7 '11 at 12:43
Are you looking for a browser addon, or do you want to bind global macros to your keys? – Michael K Sep 7 '11 at 12:46
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One extension that looks like it should work would be keyconfig. It appears like you can easily assign what would be a javascript bookmarklet to a key combination. So all you would have to do is do is come up with a bookmarklet that adjusted the URL.

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I will look into this. I'm not sure which is best to manipulate with javascript, window.location or location as indicated by the answers of that URL. If I'm successful I might write a full description of what I did as an answer (unless you elaborate your answer into one). – N.N. Sep 8 '11 at 8:02
According to addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/functions-for-keyconfig it's not available for Firefox 6.0.2. So this won't do. – N.N. Sep 12 '11 at 18:39
The 'functions-for-keyconfig' addon is not the keyconfig addon I mentioned. It is something else. The correct link for keyconfig can be found on this page. forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=72994. I just installed it on 6.0.2 to verify. – Zoredache Sep 12 '11 at 18:48
Sorry, you're right. I've installed it now but I'm stuck in trying to figure out how to access a bookmarklet from keyconfig. How do I do that? – N.N. Sep 12 '11 at 19:07
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