Questions tagged [xbindkeys]
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How to open current link/folder under cursor in a new tab using command
Currently, I am using the mouse's middle button to open links in the browser, folder in file manager to open in a new tab. But my mouse's middle button is very sensitive and gets scrolled while ...
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How to use xbindkeys to switch workspaces in Gnome overview?
Here is my ~/.xbindkeysrc config:
"gdbus call --session --dest org.gnome.Shell --object-path /org/gnome/Shell --method org.gnome.Shell.Eval 'imports.ui.main.wm._showWorkspaceSwitcher(global....
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How to disable default key action (horizontal scroll wheel) in xbindkeys?
I'm currently using horizontal scroll wheel (MX Master 3) with xbindkeys (~/.xbindkeysrc) to control volume on Pop OS 20.04 (~Ubuntu) but currently it activates horizontal scroll along also, and I don'...
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Bash binding ctrl + alt modifiers
I am not being able to bind Ctrl+Alt+u in my bash.
I have followed this link but did not work for me.
I can bind it to Ctrl+u with:
bind '"\C-u"':"\"cd ..\C-m\""
and to Alt+u with:
bind '"\eu"':"\...
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running ranger on urvxt in i3 with bindsym
I am trying to use
bindsym $mod+Mod1+b exec "urxvt -e bash -c ranger"
in my i3-config. It runs but many features of ranger is not accessible, like,
I can't copy the file(/folder) path using yp
When ...
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ZSH key binding to search backward/forward in buffer for [hardcoded list of chars]
I have [left arrow] [right arrow] mapped to backward/forward char, and [ctrl-left-arrow] [ctrl-right-arrow] mapped to backward/forward word"
Sometimes I want to move back and forward to the previous/...
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How to do the shortcut `Alt + =` typing the identity char ≡?
I want to do the shortcut Alt + = which puts the identity char ≡.
How to do it with Xbindkeys? Or you need a different method?
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Custom shortcut: which tool to use for binding key repetition to a script
I'd like to bind key repetition of ee to correspond to input key é system wide.
To be more precise I'd like that typing ee within a time window of 500ms inserts a é character. Repetition outside of ...
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Xbindkeys not working
I'd like to map some buttons of my mouse, but it's not working.
I've been trying xbindkeys unsuccessfully.
Here is one of the commands :
# Bind "back" mouse button to Ctrl+F8
"xte 'keydown ...
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Bash script that automatically changes mouse and keyboard layouts based on active window
UPDATE - Fully working script located at the bottom of my answer for anyone who isn't interested in the process of getting there.
I've been trying to write a bash script that makes use of xbindkeys,...
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Caps+Shift+hjkl as arrow keys
I currently map caps to CTRL-L using the following .Xmodmap:
clear lock
clear control
keycode 66 = Control_L
add control = Control_L Control_R
I'd like to additionally map Caps+Shift+HJKL to be ...
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xbindkeys to remap extra mouse buttons
I'm following this tutorial but cant seem to get this working
I used xev and confirmed the two mouse buttons I want to map are button 8 and button 9
I want to map them to the "a" and "s" keys on the ...
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xbindkeys wont recognise keypress
I am using Fedora Gnome on a tablet hybrid. I've written a script which uses xrandr to rotate the screen and I'd like to bind it to one of laptop's useless side-panel buttons, currently the one which ...
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xbindkeys works only few times or at least once
I have enabled reaction on thumb button of my MX Master under Debian 8 with xbindkeys.
My configuration is:
# the Alt+Left is receive as distinct event.
"gnome-terminal"
m:0xc + c:23
Control+...
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How do I PROPERLY map a keyboard key to a mouse button?
Question summary: I want one of my mouse buttons to be registered as the left Windows button Super_L by X11.
In my window manager, I can move windows around by holding the "left Windows button" (Left ...
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Can’t write to .bashrc: permission denied
I have downloaded NDK for my Eclipse Juno. Now I have to add the NDK to path and have to add the following lines to my .bashrc:
export ANDROID_NDK=/_path_to/android-ndk-linux/
export ANDROID_SDK=/...
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Keyboard shortcut malfunction in Elementary OS
I've mapped control + space to pause my music player using xbindkeys
From ~/.xbindkeysrc
"mpc pause"
m:0x4 + c:65
However, it doesn't work, but what DOES work is control + space + space.
That ...
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Trying to start process on login, but no .xinitrc file to work with
So I installed and am properly using xbindkeys. The problem is that I must manually start this process each time I start my system. I read more into the wiki and found there is a method one can ...
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How to scroll half a page on Linux?
I'm looking for a way to be able to scroll half a page, preferably by using a key combination like shift page up/down. In Windows, this is doable via autohotkey, for OS there does not seem to be any ...
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tmux: trying to bind utf8 key
I'm using tmux 1.6 with konsole on Fedora 17 i686.
I have an azerty keyboard (with accentued chars), and I want ton bind 'ù' key.
I made the following ~/.tmux.conf:
setw -g utf8 on
bind-key ù split-...
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Configuring Xbindkeys bindings for Logitech M510 mouse
On Windows 7 my mouse buttons are configured with Logitech SetPoint software.
But today I installed Ubuntu 12.04 with Wubi. Of course my extra buttons are not working now on Ubuntu. I installed ...
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Bind mouse button to Control_L or Super_L keys
I'm trying to make mouse button act exact as Control_L or Super_L keys.
In lots of applications (firefox, konsole, etc.) Ctrl+Scroll has special actions like zooming,
so assigning mouse button to ...
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How to autostart xbindkeys?
I use xbindkeys for managing my hotkeys in Gnome 3 but it doesn't have a daemon so I added it to .xinitrc.
~$ cat .xinitrc
ck-launch-session gnome-session
nohup xbindkeys &
Strangely, this ...
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xbindkeys escape quotes
How can I escape quotes in .xbindkeysrc commands? Neither of those work.
"pacmd dump|awk --non-decimal-data '$1~/set-sink-volume/{system ("pacmd "$1" "$2" "$3+2500)}'"
"pacmd dump|awk --non-decimal-...
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xbindkeys loses bindings
I've mapped some of my keyboard function keys (prev/next/play) using xbindkeys. On key press, it just call a dbus command to control Spotify.
Everything works fine, except it often "forgets" bindings....
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