keystroke macros/hotkeys?

[pwright2]

Is there a way to assign keystrokes to start programs? For instance, ctrl-alt-w to start Kommander?

-----Paul-----

[penguin.ch]

Re: keystroke macros/hotkeys?

System Settings > Computer Administration > Keyboard & Mouse > Keyboard Shortcuts > Command Shortcuts

[pwright2]

Re: keystroke macros/hotkeys?

Buried that one deeply, didn't they? But it is what I needed. Is there a way to assign keystrokes to something that does not show on the menu?

----Paul----

[penguin.ch]

Re: keystroke macros/hotkeys?

It depends - if you are thinking of an application not mentioned in the menu(es), the only way I know of would be to revert to KDE's menu editor, create a new menu, and set the according shortkey.

[kubicle]

Re: keystroke macros/hotkeys?

Is there a way to assign keystrokes to something that does not show on the menu?

You can take a look at Input Actions (kcontrol>Regional&Accessibility>InputActions...or systemsettings>Accessibility>InputActions)

In Input Actions you can create shortcuts and mousegestures for commands/programs/dcop-calls etc.

You may have to toy with it a bit to get a hang of it, but start with 'New Action'.

[pwright2]

Re: keystroke macros/hotkeys?

Great! Thanks to both of you.

-----Paul-----

[Jean]

Re: keystroke macros/hotkeys?

I looked around the forum for inputactions as they don't seem to work here.
Here's what I did:
Go to system preferences - regional and accessability - input actions.
Click on new action, give it a name and set type to Keyboard Shortcut -> Keyboard input (simple)
Click on keyboard shortcut and assign a key, for instance Ctrl + Alt + H
Click on keyboard input settings and type a word into the box.
Choose Send input to active window.
Click on Modify, then on Apply.

As I understand, if you type Ctrl Alt H somewhere it should produce the word you typed but it does not work here.

Thanks again (trying to get my ubuntu the way I want it)

[Rog131]

Re: keystroke macros/hotkeys?

With Kubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (Kubuntu 7.10 / KDE 3.5.8):

System Settings
K > System Settings > Accessibility > Input Actions ...

Control Centre
Starting Control Centre: Press Alt + F2 and type kcontrol. There is also "Settings - Control Centre modules menu" in the Add Applet menu: Right click panel > Add Applet to Panel > Settings...

Control Centre > Regional & Accessibility > Input Actions ...

As I understand, if you type Ctrl Alt H somewhere it should produce the word you typed but it does not work here.

In the "Keyboard input:" box:

Shift+T:h:i:s:space:w:r:k:s:

If you want to see text "This works"

Here is a pdf article of KHotkey - system:
Linux Magazine Online / Mouse gestures and keyboard shortcuts with KHotkeys
http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/issues/2005/50/a_game_of_signs/(kategorie)/0
=>
http://w3.linux-magazine.com/issue/50/KHotkeys.pdf



Links:
Topic: Create a new folder keyboard shortcut
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3088714.0

HOWTO : KDE Mouse Gestures
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3086781.0

FAQ: Control Centre vs. System Settings
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3091157.0

[philferrar]

Re: keystroke macros/hotkeys?

After searching long and hard for something to automate keystrokes [like keying in strings of data etc.] I finally found out about the following that works a treat.

Open a terminal window and key in ...

kcmshell khotkeys

... from there on it's pretty obvious how things work if you look at the examples given and play around - bit messy at first but can save loads of time once set up.

Hope it helps

Cheers

Phil

[Rog131]

Re: keystroke macros/hotkeys?

CLI Magick

You can bypass both Control Centre and System Settings by using konsole or "Run Command" (Alt + F2).

man kcmshell:

KCMSHELL(1) tool to start single KDE control modules KCMSHELL(1)

NAME
kcmshell - tool to start single KDE control modules

SYNOPSIS
kcmshell [Qt-options] [KDE-options] [options] module

DESCRIPTION
kcmshell is a tool to start single KDE control modules.

OPTIONS
Arguments:
module Configuration module to open

--lang <language>
Specify a particular language

--embed <id>
Embeds the module with buttons in window with id <id>

--embed-proxy <id>
...

=> Command:

kcmshell --list

will list all possible modules