HOWTO : Create a custom keyboard shortcut

[unimatrix]

Gonna sound like a total noob right now, but how do I know what to put for the action? Are these terminal commands or what? I'm new to Ubuntu, but this would be beyond me in Windows too. For instance, I want a global shortcut to pause/play Songbird. But I have no idea what that action is, or how to find it. Any help? Point me in the right direction? Tell me I'm in over my head? Thanks.

Yes, they are commands that you would normally type into the terminal. By default you cannot control Songbird from terminal (no play/pause/... parameters), however I've found an addon that makes it possible: http://addons.songbirdnest.com/addon/1381

With this addon you get songbird parameters such as play, stop, previous...
You can test them by typing them into the terminal this way:

songbird --pause

This is also the command you would put into your .xbindkeysrc file.
If by some reason it doesn't work, you can also try using the full path to songbird:

/usr/bin/songbird --pause

Of course, instead of pause you can use other parameters too. They are listed on the addon site I've posted.

[celem]

frodon - thank you so much. The keybindings were so arcane. Now I have concurred my keyboard!

[WannabeFantasma]

Cool I found this

might test this out!

[wmhunter96]

Great job thanks a video would be nice 2

[schmendrick]

just wanted to say thanks, xbindkeys solved all my problems!

[DarkSideKlyde]

Thanks for the tip about xkeybinds. I couldn't figure out how to use the program at first. When I pressed the 'Get Key' button, the program closed. I Googled it and got this:

[Before you do anything else you must create a default configuration file with this command:
$ xbindkeys --defaults > $HOME/.xbindkeysrc
xbindkeys won't work without this.]

from this page : http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplan...orials/6401/2/

After I created the configuration file as stated above and the program worked as it should. Hope this helps somebody.

[swajime]

I've got a dell inspiron n5510. It has 3 buttons to the top right of the keyboard that I've been trying unsuccessfully to set up. The xev is not responding to them.

The left button opens the DASH home window.
The middle button adds "atkbd serio: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0xee on isa0060/serio0). atkbd serio0: Use 'setkeycodes e6e <keycode>' to make it known." to kern.log and syslog. The right button does nothing.

They should be Settings, Support, & Display On/Off.

Thanks,


John