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!! Binding arbitary commands to keyboard shortcuts
-Metacity does actually support binding arbitary commands to shortcuts, however there is no clean way of doing it
.
+[
Metacity]
does actually support binding arbitary commands to shortcuts, however there is no clean configuration interface for that
.
-_WARNING_ This method involves using gconf-editor. Changing the wrong thing here might break something. Etc.
+_WARNING_ This method involves using gconf-editor(1)
. Changing the wrong thing here might break something. Etc.
-* Open up
gconf-editor
-* Under
the '
apps' tree, locate
metacity
-* In the '
global_keybindings'
branch, find the 'run_command_1' key
-* Click in the '
value'
column in
the appropriate row,
and enter the key you'd like to bind a command to. Eg
, F12.
-* In
the '
keybindings_command'
branch, find the 'command_1' key
-* Click in the '
value'
column in
the appropriate row,
and enter the command you'd like to run, eg '
xterm'
+* Run
gconf-editor(1)
+* Open
the <tt>/
apps/
metacity/
global_keybindings</tt>
branch
+* Click the appropriate row
in the value column for
the <tt>run_command_1</tt> key
and enter the key you'd like to bind a command to, eg.
F12.
+* Open
the <tt>/apps/metacity/
keybindings_command</tt>
branch
+* Click the appropriate row
in the value column for
the <tt>command_1</tt> key
and enter the command you'd like to run, eg. <tt>
xterm</tt>
