On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 10:30 PM, Zenaan Harkness <[email protected]> wrote: > On 9/22/13, Xue Fuqiao <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'd like to customize keys in Debian. I want to set f2/f3/f4/f8 to >> cut/copy/paste/switch-applications. For switching applications, I tried >> setting f8 in Settings -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> Navigation, but it >> didn't help; neither Alt+Tab nor f8 worked after that change. > > Gnome3 I can't help you sorry. > >> I searched the web and found IronAHK. I haven't tried it, but it is >> unmaintained. Relying on unmaintained softwares isn't a good idea. I >> also found (and tried) xbindkeys and xdotool, but I can't get them to work. > > xdotool I use to have a keyboard key provide a mouse click for me. > Very useful. Probably would not work to switch applications. May be > Gnome3 is the problem for you? I don't know sorry.
Would you please share how to do cut/copy/paste by xdotool (if you know)? Thank you. (For switching applications, I also found wmctrl. But it's also unmaintained. The last version was on Oct 2005.) >> I'm using GNOME 3 on Jessie, but I'd also appreciate if someone can >> share solutions on other DE/WMs. Can anyone point me in the right >> direction? > > XFCE seems pretty easy, and traditional Gnome2-like (XP-like). Some > people here rave about XFCE; I find it adequate, least frustrating > option (to me) for last year or two. -- Best regards, Xue Fuqiao. http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/caaf+z6exjcp_raswxzfh7-h5hnwsvwll1x95oqckwyoqy3x...@mail.gmail.com
