Re: keyboard shortcuts

[Havoc Pennington <rhp zirx pair com>]

On Mon, 7 Jun 1999, Fred Jolly wrote:
> 
> I'd like to create keyboard shortcuts in my GTK application, using
> accelerator groups.
> Where can I find the list of all the keys that can be attached in a
> accel_group ? (I'd like to use  : TAB, SPACE, ENTER, ESC)
>

gdk/gdkkeysyms.h
 
> And I've another problem : some keys (F2 for example) are yet keyboard
> shortcuts for the window manager. Is there a way to grab them first in
> my gtk app ?
> 

Nope. Technically, window managers aren't supposed to have key shortcuts
for exactly this reason; still, most people appreciate having them.

Just assume people can reconfigure their window manager to accomodate your
app if they want to.

Havoc