Am I Crazy? (In this one aspect)
To my linux using friends:
You may know how to bind commands to keys with Metacity. Doing so requires knowing the names for each of the keys in the context of Metacity, or Gnome or something. I just discovered how to indicate keys on the keypad, with "KP_5" for number 5, for instance. However, I cannot bind the numpad 9 key with Metacity. When I set a command to 9, it gets recorded as such in the Configuration Editor, however the previous value remains active, and 9 doesn't work. Eg. If I change "KP_5" to "KP_9" (in conjuction with and then pressing 5 works, and 9 does not. Is this how it works for other people? Would anyone mind trying it out? The persistance is what makes me think it's a problem, rather than just a doubly-assigned key.
And I can't get any punctuation keys, or symbols around the numpad to work. Does anyone know of a comprehensive list of the names of the keys? Google has been failing me.
EDIT:I just figured out how to use the Compiz manager to capture keystrokes, which lets me cheat. The numpad sybols are all KP_[arithmetic operation they represent] like KP_ADD. The KP_9 problem persists though.
I've got a pretty good omnibus linux post coming soon which may include some of the following:
gdebi for installing local .deb files
futher use of wget on bad connection
if not already done, libdvdcss2 for getting DVD to play, w64codecs, using mplayer to navigate DVD's
reinstallation of Windows and GRUB backup
further playing with windows
xdg and setup of screensaver manipulation hotkey
sharing of Firefox between Windows and Linux
xmms2 setup
bug in metacity hotkeys that you need to capitalize "Page_Up" despite what it says about capitalization
insanity trying to get python to modify the global variables in gdesklets
getting gDesklets properly toggling length of title label for xmms2 desklet
amixer to manipulate sound volumes and balance from the command line
EDIT 2: Sometime between when I wrote the original keybinding post and now, Metacity got capped at the thirteen keybindings already defined. I find this annoying, as I just ran out of them. Either I need to figure out how to define schemas, to expand the Metacity capability or switch to another utility for this. Lots of people seem to refer to xbindkeys, maybe I'll check that one out.
You may know how to bind commands to keys with Metacity. Doing so requires knowing the names for each of the keys in the context of Metacity, or Gnome or something. I just discovered how to indicate keys on the keypad, with "KP_5" for number 5, for instance. However, I cannot bind the numpad 9 key with Metacity. When I set a command to 9, it gets recorded as such in the Configuration Editor, however the previous value remains active, and 9 doesn't work. Eg. If I change "KP_5" to "KP_9" (in conjuction with and then pressing 5 works, and 9 does not. Is this how it works for other people? Would anyone mind trying it out? The persistance is what makes me think it's a problem, rather than just a doubly-assigned key.
And I can't get any punctuation keys, or symbols around the numpad to work. Does anyone know of a comprehensive list of the names of the keys? Google has been failing me.
EDIT:I just figured out how to use the Compiz manager to capture keystrokes, which lets me cheat. The numpad sybols are all KP_[arithmetic operation they represent] like KP_ADD. The KP_9 problem persists though.
I've got a pretty good omnibus linux post coming soon which may include some of the following:
gdebi for installing local .deb files
futher use of wget on bad connection
if not already done, libdvdcss2 for getting DVD to play, w64codecs, using mplayer to navigate DVD's
reinstallation of Windows and GRUB backup
further playing with windows
xdg and setup of screensaver manipulation hotkey
sharing of Firefox between Windows and Linux
xmms2 setup
bug in metacity hotkeys that you need to capitalize "Page_Up" despite what it says about capitalization
insanity trying to get python to modify the global variables in gdesklets
getting gDesklets properly toggling length of title label for xmms2 desklet
amixer to manipulate sound volumes and balance from the command line
EDIT 2: Sometime between when I wrote the original keybinding post and now, Metacity got capped at the thirteen keybindings already defined. I find this annoying, as I just ran out of them. Either I need to figure out how to define schemas, to expand the Metacity capability or switch to another utility for this. Lots of people seem to refer to xbindkeys, maybe I'll check that one out.