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Re: Creating Keyboard Shortcut
by marto (Cardinal) on Mar 22, 2007 at 11:13 UTC
    Help needed so urgently you didn't have time to read the FAQ? Or the documentation for your window manager of choice.

    Update: Added part about window manager documentation

    Martin
Re: Creating Keyboard Shortcut
by zentara (Cardinal) on Mar 22, 2007 at 13:50 UTC
    If the application isn't always in focus, you need to jump up to the window manager, or even X server level. Look at xbindkeys

    I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. Cogito ergo sum a bum
Re: Creating Keyboard Shortcut
by f00li5h (Chaplain) on Mar 23, 2007 at 13:25 UTC

    or bbkeys

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