Re: [orca-list] Setting up a Keypress to launch Orca

[Storm Dragon <stormdragon2976 gmail com>]

Hi,
I am not sure why the .xbindkeysrc didn't work.  I have attached my copy so you should be able to just save it in your home directory and it will work.  The Orca launch key is control+alt+o
You do have to restart xbindkeys every time.  The way to get it automated is to go to the system menu, preferences, sessions.
You start on the additional programs page.  Tab over to the add button, press space.  You will get a box asking for the name, type xbindkeys and press tab.  The next box is the command box.  Type xbindkeys and tab to the add button.  Press space and then tab to the close button and press space again.  It will start automatically now.  With the attached file, save it as .xbindkeysrc in your home directory.
Hopefully everything will work.
Storm

On Tue, 2009-02-03 at 21:17 -0500, Chris Gilland wrote:



ok, and if I reboot, will I had to restart the xbindkeys daemon again?

 

Chris.

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Storm Dragon

To: Orca-list

Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 9:10 PM

Subject: Re: [orca-list] Setting up a Keypress to launch Orca

I have found an answer.  It's not very hard to do actually.
For anyone else interested, here's how to get it up and running with ctrl+alt+o
In terminal:
sudo apt-get install xbindkeys
Once it has installed, type:
xbindkeys --default > /home/username/.xbindkeysrc
replace username with your home folder name, in my case it was
/home/stormdragon/.xbindkeysrc
Then, in your home folder, type:
gedit .xbindkeysrc
If you aren't sure if you are in your home directory you can quickly get there by typing:
cd
Once you have the .xbindkeysrc file opened in gedit, scroll down to the bottom of the file.  There are 3 lines at the bottom there 34 # characters followed by something like #end configuration and 34 more # characters.
Just above these three lines, typ in the following 2 lines:
"orca"
control+alt + o
Notice the quotes around the word orca and the space at the end of alt then the plus and another space and o
Hopefully one day Gnome will build in a keyboard shortcut, but for now this is a quick and easy fix.  The last step, once you have saved and closed gedit is to typ:
xbindkeys
This starts the xbindkeys daemon.
HTH
Storm
PS  There is a gui for xbindkeys.  It is called xbindkeys-config.  It is not accessible with Orca however.
On Tue, 2009-02-03 at 19:24 -0500, Chris Gilland wrote:


That would be awesome! if you could do that.
let me know if you hear anything off list with a suggestion.  Otherwise I'll watch the list.
Chris.

----- Original Message -----
From: Storm Dragon
To: Orca-list
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 7:10 PM
Subject: [orca-list] Setting up a Keypress to launch Orca


Hi,
I would like to set up a keybinding to launch orca from anywhere.  The one I have in mind is ctrl+alt+o
Is there an easy way to do this?
The reason I am wondering, is some times Orca goes silent and when I get it to come back I find that I have renamed one of my folders or files orca.  I am guessing I am pressing f2 a little before alt and activating the rename function.
I think a keybinding that could be used anywhere would solve this problem.
Thanks
Storm

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# For the benefit of emacs users: -*- shell-script -*-
###########################
# xbindkeys configuration #
###########################
#
# Version: 1.8.2
#
# If you edit this file, do not forget to uncomment any lines
# that you change.
# The pound(#) symbol may be used anywhere for comments.
#
# To specify a key, you can use 'xbindkeys --key' or
# 'xbindkeys --multikey' and put one of the two lines in this file.
#
# The format of a command line is:
#    "command to start"
#       associated key
#
#
# A list of keys is in /usr/include/X11/keysym.h and in
# /usr/include/X11/keysymdef.h
# The XK_ is not needed.
#
# List of modifier:
#   Release, Control, Shift, Mod1 (Alt), Mod2 (NumLock),
#   Mod3 (CapsLock), Mod4, Mod5 (Scroll).
#

# The release modifier is not a standard X modifier, but you can
# use it if you want to catch release events instead of press events

# By defaults, xbindkeys does not pay attention with the modifiers
# NumLock, CapsLock and ScrollLock.
# Uncomment the lines above if you want to pay attention to them.

#keystate_numlock = enable
#keystate_capslock = enable
#keystate_scrolllock= enable

# Examples of commands:

"xbindkeys_show" 
  control+shift + q

# set directly keycode (here control + f with my keyboard)
"xterm"
  c:41 + m:0x4

# specify a mouse button
"xterm"
  control + b:2

#"xterm -geom 50x20+20+20"
#   Shift+Mod2+alt + s
#
## set directly keycode (here control+alt+mod2 + f with my keyboard)
#"xterm"
#  alt + c:0x29 + m:4 + mod2
#
## Control+Shift+a  release event starts rxvt
#"rxvt"
#  release+control+shift + a
#
## Control + mouse button 2 release event starts rxvt
#"rxvt"
#  Control + b:2 + Release

#Launch Orca ctrl+alt+o
"orca"
control+alt + o

##################################
# End of xbindkeys configuration #
##################################