keyboard shortcuts is a small set of keys that activates a programs or action.
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Gnome3/cinnamon set keyboard shortcut
I cannot find where I can set keyboard shortcut for switching languages.
Update:
New problem: I cannot set Alt+Shift combination for that.
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Where do I find a list of terminal key codes to remap shortcuts in bash?
For example:
"\e[1;5C"
"\e[Z"
"\e-1\C-i"
I only know bits and pieces, like \e stands for escape and C- for Ctrl, but what are these numbers (1) and letters (Z)? What are the ;, [ and - signs for?
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How to make Ctrl+PgUp and Ctrl+PgDn change window tabs
I am running GNOME 3.4 (Debian 7.0) and my laptop (Gigabyte Q2532), unlike all those I've used before, doesn't change application tabs with CtrlPg Up and CtrlPg Dn. This forces me to use Alt0...9, ...
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Keyboard shortcut to switch files in one Emacs instance?
I've multiple files opened in an Emacs client. Right now, to toggle between files, I've to click on the file name at the bar below in the editor. Any keyboard shortcuts for switching between files?
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Emacs “jump to class definition” functionality?
I want to jump to a class file "A" from another file "B" which defines objects "A". In eclipse, it is done using F3. Is there a way to achieve this in emacs?
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Single key audio capture in Linux (save on key release)
I'd like to run a program that records audio only when the Right Control key is held down. On keyboard release the result would write to disk as, e.g. yy-mm-dd hh:mm.ogg. How might I do that?
$ ...
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How to write dconf overrides for site-custom keybindings?
I want to add custom keybindings using dconf. Previously, I had do the same job using gconf and succeeded. However, there are some problems using dconf.
(I'm working on a Debian package, so ...
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tcsh shortcut to move the cursor back to previous space
I'm looking for a keyboard shortcut in tcsh to move the cursor back to the previous blank: not ESC+B which takes me back one word (for instance, in a path argument, to the previous path component) - I ...
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Turning off gnome's Function key mapping
I recently upgraded to Fedora 18 with gnome. My function keys started to do things like open the cd player (F12) and turn the volume up (F11) and down (F10). I'd like to just pass those though to the ...
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xmodmap causes incorrect keyboard shortcuts
I used xmodmap to switch the Caps Lock and Ctrl keys on my Thinkpad X120e. The keys are swapped but this has caused keyboard shortcuts in several applications to stop working correctly. In Libre ...
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How to save current command on zsh?
I am typing a command, I remember I have to check something, if I press Ctrl+U the command disappears and I can type something else, but then the command I was typing is not in the history.
Is there ...
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Keyboard combination to insert non keyboard characters
on windows one could with Alt+235 print ë into (any) textfield. I tried the same on linux and it seems to be not working. Depending on the application the result is different, but never the wanted ...
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How to map terminal shortcut from CTRL-M to another combination
I read in another post that you can type CtrlJ or CtrlM instead of the Return key in the terminal, which is great. But what I want to be able to do, is change that to another combination, for example: ...
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What program or feature is overriding my “Unity style” keyboard shortcuts in DockbarX?
I have DockbarX installed with the option "Use Unity style shortcuts (Super+number)" enabled.
Recently I am unable to activate the 2nd application with Super+Shift+2 (I'm on azerty).
When I use that ...
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Ctrl-s hang terminal emulator?
I came across a sentence in vimdoc:
Note: CTRL-S does not work on all terminals and might block
further input, use CTRL-Q to get going again.
and this key indeed hangs my vim. I was ...
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Need to reset the Keyboard shortcuts defined
I bound some keys by mistake, and they don't work any more, such as HOME, END, UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT.
Is there a way to reset all the bound keys to their original state?
I know this might be ...
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How to set up keyboard shortuts with custom modifiers (like Mod3) in Cinnamon?
I'm trying to migrate from Mate into Cinnamon. In Mate, it was possible to assign custom modifiers to Switch to workspace on the left of the current workspace. In Cinnamon keyboard configuration ...
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Shortcuts in Xfce are not working anymore
After few weeks of using Xfce I suddenly ran into following problem - my keyboard shortcuts are not working when I am using two monitors (actually one monitor and notebook itself).
When I unplug ...
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Mapping intr to del key
I am in the process of migrating a legacy 4GL application from SCO OpenServer 5.0.7 to CentOS (Red Hat) Linux 5.9.
There are a number of screens that prompt the user to press "DEL to ABORT" but is ...
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Sawfish and fvwm bindings not working when logging in with a display manager
On one machine running Debian squeeze, when I log in with a display manager (I tried xdm, gdm or kdm), none of my Sawfish key or mouse bindings have any effect. If I log in in text mode then run ...
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XFCE4 Open PanelMenu via shortcut
I want open the XFCE4-Menu via shortcut I tried to map following commands:
xfce4-popup-menu
which produces an error "Failed to execute child process xfce4-popup-menu"
xfce4-popup-applicationsmenu
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Switch between tabs in gnome-terminal with keyboard?
Once creating a new tab in gnome-terminal with ctrl+shift+t how can I switch back and forth between the tabs using the keyboard? For example, in google chrome the keyboard shortcut is ctrl+tab ...
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Where does the yanked text on commadline get stored?
When you delete characters on the command line using readline commands (e.g. Ctrl-U, you can paste using Ctrl-y, but where does it get stored? It does not seem to use X11 clipboard at all.
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Bind to execute command with last argument of previous command
I want to create a bind that executes g++ !$ in the same way that the shell would interpret it if I just typed it.
I tried:
bind '"\ee": "g++ !$"', but it doesn't execute command (just
"pastes" it)
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Delete key doesn't work on command line
*Note: I asked this same question on SuperUser, but didn't get any response. I now realize this is a more appropriate forum for this particular question.
In a ksh shell, the Delete key doesn't work ...
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Map Super+[Left|Right] to Home/End
How do I map key "Super" so, when combined with Left/Right, it produces keycode Home/End?
My current setxkbmap:
setxkbmap \
-model pc105 \
-layout 'us(dvorak-intl),us(alt-intl)' \
-option \
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debian/XFCE Virtualbox Guest on a Mac: how to use home and end keys?
So I have a Mac, and rather than boot debian/XFCE directly and have to configure hardware drivers I'm using VirtualBox.
This means that my multitouch trackpad works well, and I can jump in and out of ...
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How to close any window in Awesome WM?
The shortcut to close individual applications completely depends on the application developer. Some examples:
Ctrl-q for Firefox
Meta-F4 for Chromium
Ctrl-Shift-q for GNOME Shell
To close ...
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Program to show keystrokes (shortcuts) on display
I'm going to make a presentation about a software product and it has some key shortcuts, that I want to show. Is there a program, which displays the keyboard-shortcuts, that I have used?
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How to consistently start Vim's command line to make a mapping work in any mode?
I try to normalize access to Vim's command line mode from any other mode in order to simplify my actual mappings. For example to make the <f6> key work from anywhere I define the following ...
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How to change Vim's command type mode programmatically?
Is there a simple way to switch from one command type mode to another without loosing the current command line?
In my ~/.vimrc file I remap the <space> and <c-space> character, coming ...
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How to scroll in a terminal using keyboard?
How can I scroll in bash using only the keyboard? If it's not possible in bash, are there any other shells that support this?
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Control-q-? key binding in Awesome WM
I wish to configure my Awesome Window Manager so that the keyboard shortcuts begin with ctrlq.
ctrlq-x, ctrlq-y, ctrlq-z, and so on...
I've attempted to modify the /etc/xdg/awesome/rc.lua config ...
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CentOS: Avoid that ALT-F4 switches to console
At least every Linux system that I worked with used the convention to switch to the non-graphical consoles by Ctrl-Alt-F1, Ctrl-Alt-F2 and so on.
Recently, I installed CentOS 6.3 on a machine. The ...
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I can't open the terminal in Cinnamon
I have Linux Mint 13 with Cinnamon installed, but I can't open a terminal using right click nor using CtlrAltt this is just an issue with Cinnamon, why is that happening?
Update
I tried to solve the ...
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Shortcut to minimize all windows?
In Windows systems, I use the keyboard shortcut Start-D (show desktop) a lot.
I'm using Linux Mint, and I wonder: Can I create a keyboard shortcut that will do the same?
edit after the comment from ...
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Remapping gnome-terminal shortcut keys [closed]
According to the Gnome-Termianl Usage, I found that ctrl+shift+up/down can scroll up/down a line in the terminal.
Now, I want to re-map the shortcut key, just like: alt+j/k to scroll up/down a line, ...
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Ctrl + left/right arrow keys issue
After the last system update the ctrl + left/right arrow command on zsh terminal doesn't do anything. Also ctrl+ u has something wrong because usually that command erase from the cursor to the ...
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Reassigning Ctrl + Arrow keys in Vim [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to fix Ctrl + arrows in Vim?
Through the several tutorials and tips and tricks site about Vim, I think I happened to read that one can reassign a combination of keys ...
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Is it possible to bind '2M' to a single key in w3m?
Pressing M in w3m launches the 1st external browser, 2M the second. While it is easy to bind the built-in command EXTERN to another key, is it possible to bind the second to another key?
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Tmux Terminfo problem with Zsh key bindings
Zsh in Emacs edit mode comes with the default key binding ALT + Backspace to delete a word on the right side of the cursor and ALT + D to delete a word on the left side. I would like to add the latter ...
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Reload of tmux config not unbinding keys (bind-key is cumulative)
I've been experimenting with different tmux keybinding settings and I've noticed the following:
If I reload my tmux config (from within tmux) the keybindings I once had loaded will remain loaded. The ...
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Replacement shortcuts for `screen` [closed]
Screen uses the shortcut CtrlA to activate. I find that this interferes with the Bash command for jumping to the start of the line, and the VIM command for incrementing an integer. Certainly I could ...
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Linux guest VM on mac host - Keyboard
I use a Mac as a development box, but am slowly transitioning to Linux. So I am spending the majority of my time in the Linux guest VM while working. But I still spend a fair amount of time in Mac ...
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Fedora 17 doesn't detect some key-presses
About 1 week ago, I installed MATE desktop (Gnome2 fork) because I wanted to use XMonad in gnome. So I am pretty sure this problem has something to do with MATE.
My keyboard is just a basic HP ...
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Bind MetaL in icewm
Anybody managed to bind the Windows key in IceWM ? It seems I can't bind it to anything since I disabled the "treat as Ctrl+Alt" option.
# Treat Super/Win modifier as Ctrl+Alt
# ModSuperIsCtrlAlt=1 ...
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Binding keypad keys in icewm doesn't work
Here's my configuration file : http://subversion.assembla.com/svn/maconf/icewm/preferences
These commands don't work
KeySysWorkspace1="Ctrl+Alt+1"
KeySysWorkspace2="Ctrl+Alt+2"
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Binding additional keyboard shortcuts in bash
I like typical GUI shortcuts:
Ctrl-Backspace
Ctrl-Del
And other typical shortcuts. Are there any ready .bashrc with all this shortcuts available?
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Can't use Control key while setting shortcut keys for compiz
I might got a problem along with my Xorg config, all control keys are now shown as <Primary>, what is that?
I just mapped Capslock to Left Control, and I can't set the shortcut key to Control + ...
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How do I resize the active window to 50% with wmctrl?
I would like to resize the window to the left half of the screen.
A solution to achieve that would be to use wmctrl and keybind the right command to a keyboard shortcut.
But the manpage only shows ...
