Questions tagged [xbindkeys]
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Why does xbindkeys not get the thumbwheel mouse buttons of Logitech MX Master anymore?
The action I configured for the thumbwheel is applied when I enter xbindkeys -k and turn the wheel inside the window. However, when I turn that mouse wheel anywhere else, nothing happens. I restart ...
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prevent xbindkeys from overriding mouse click when used for mouse button chording
I am trying to set up some mouse button chording, inspired by the Acme text editor: http://acme.cat-v.org/mouse On Windows and Mac, I was able to set up the following using AutoHotKey and Hammerspoon ...
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How to assign various commands to a mouse button, time dependent in xbindkeys?
I need to execute differents commands respect at the time I keep pressed a mouse key. I was looking for an alternative to XMBC in linux, I'm using xbindkeys from a time to now but what I miss from my ...
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Is there any way to make xbindkeys intercept hotkeys for certain programs only?
Let's say I have two programs: Program A and Program B. I want to use some hotkey to trigger certain action in Program A. So, I add corresponding lines in xbindkeysrc (telling the daemon what to do ...
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xbindkeys bind cursor move to right or left key press
I would like to program my mouse such that whenever the cursor is shifted right or left, the OS interprets this as a right key press or left key press. Which mouse events correspond to cursor right ...
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Can I stop NetworkManager from using my media key?
I am on a Thinkpad 460S. There is a media key on the keyboard to cut the wifi via Rfkill (F8). NetworkManager is grabbing the key and everytime it is pressed, disable or reenable the rfkill switch. I ...
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xbindkeys claims there is a conflict with another program, which makes it unable to grab all the defined keys
I installed xbindkeys to catch my custom key shortcuts, and xte in order to emulate the key presses i want to execute. This does work, but with a lot of issues. I have to press my key combination very ...
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xbindkeys won't execute bash script
I have a bash script for enabling and disabling wifi that I want to bind to shortcut: #!/bin/bash if [ $(rfkill list wifi | grep "Soft blocked: yes" | wc -l) -gt 0 ] ; then rfkill ...
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