Re: [Banshee-List] Mapping multimedia keys to actions in banshee

[Patrick van Staveren <trick vanstaveren us>]

I don't believe there's a way to do this thru the keyboard shortcuts  
gui (but feel free to correct me if I'm wrong)

However the feature is implemented in metacity and you just need to  
set some gconf keys (edit using gconf-editor aka GNOME Configuration  
Editor):
/apps/metacity/global_keybindings/run_command_x
/apps/metacity/keybinding_commands/command_x

Once you see the various keys in global_keybindings, you'll understand  
the format.  the values set in keybinding_commands are just command  
lines to run; you can specify arguments.

Example:
global_keybindings/run_command_1 = 0xa1
keybinding_commands/command_1 = gcalctool
This is the calculator button on my keyboard...to get this value  
(0xa1), go into the keyboard shortcut gui in preferences/control  
center, and edit the value of any key to find the codes for your  
extended keys (and then revert the change).  Then enter them manually  
in gconf-editor.

Cheers,

Patrick



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Patrick "Trick" van Staveren
http://trick.vanstaveren.us


----- Message from jordan d miller gmail com ---------
    Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 09:24:50 -0600
    From: Jordan Miller <jordan d miller gmail com>
Reply-To: banshee-list gnome org
 Subject: Re: [Banshee-List] Mapping multimedia keys to actions in banshee
      To: banshee-list gnome org


> I use xfce, but I have a utility to set keyboard shortcuts.
>
> But using my tool, I set up a command, like "/usr/bin/gcalctool" and a
> shortcut, like my multimedia keyboards calculator button.
>
> What would I do in this case?
>
> Thanks for the reply!
>
> On 12/8/06, Andrew Conkling <andrew conkling gmail com> wrote:
> > On 12/8/06, Jordan Miller <jordan d miller gmail com> wrote:
> > > I was wondering if there was a way to map control of banshee to the
> > buttons
> > > on my multimedia keyboard, so I would not even have banshee in focus to
> > > control it. Is there a way I can set up shortcuts for these buttons to
> > tell
> > > banshee what I want it to do?
> >
> > Yes, if you set your shortcuts in the GNOME Keyboard Shortcuts (System
> > > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts) they will control Banshee whether
> > it is focused or not.
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