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Thread: Where can I find the config file for system shortcuts? (11.10)

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    Where can I find the config file for system shortcuts? (11.10)

    If someone is kind enough to help me:

    Where can I find the config file for system shortcuts?

    - I would like to make Ctrl+Q my system-wide shortcut for quitting an app/closing a window. I had already disabled this function, when I made a custom (Alt+F4) shortcut to shutdown ( '/usr/lib/indicator-session/gtk-logout-helper --shutdown' ).

    - If I try to do it using the GUI keyboard settings menu, the menu closes as soon as I press the shortcut, instead of recording the change. To be clear, Ctrl-Q currently closes certain windows, but it's not a system-wide shortcut. For example, pyNeighborhood doesn't close with it.

    - After some searching I found this XML file ( '~/.gconf/apps/metacity/global_keybindings/%gconf.xml' ) for metacity global shortcuts, but it clearly doesn't have all my shortcuts. More specifically it doesn't have my system or custom shortcuts. Anyone know where can I find that file?

    Thanks for reading all the way down, whether or not you can help.
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    Re: Where can I find the config file for system shortcuts? (11.10)

    sorry I can't help, I have a similar problem. I'm trying to use CTRL+ALT+G to open up gedit, but I get this error
    'Error while trying to run (Ctrl+Alt+G)
    which is linked to the key (<Control><Alt+g>)

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    Wink Re: Where can I find the config file for system shortcuts? (11.10)

    I never did find the config file... but for anyone that uses Openbox*, ObKey worked for me.
    101010

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    Re: Where can I find the config file for system shortcuts? (11.10)

    Hi, please mark thread solved using thread tools, it will help the next person having the same issue.
    Thanks

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