Re: [qubes-users] How to assign keyboard shortcuts to a VM?
Just to riff on this ... I made a bash script called qvm-run-in-focused-vm that accepts one command as parameter and then uses the structure @unman showed to run that command either in dom0 or the VM that has the focus. Then I hooked up the following XFCE shortcuts: Ctrl+Enter --> qvm-run-in-focused-vm xterm Ctrl+Shift+Enter--> qvm-run-in-focused-vm nautilus Ctrl+Shift+W--> qvm-run-in-focused-vm "sudo poweroff" So much goodness! ;-) -- public key: https://www.svensemmler.org/2A632C537D744BC7.asc fingerprint: DA59 75C9 ABC4 0C83 3B2F 620B 2A63 2C53 7D74 4BC7 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/65b7dc2d-7b15-971f-06da-86eea6801ea3%40SvenSemmler.org. OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [qubes-users] How to assign keyboard shortcuts to a VM?
On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 07:15:22PM -0500, Sven Semmler wrote: > Hi Michael, > > I don't have the time currently to figure this out and send you a working > solution. So instead I'll share things I know: > > 1) if you inquire the window property "_QUBES_VMNAME" of the active window, > you'll get the name of the qube > > 2) you should be able to get to this with wmctrl or maybe xdotool > > Then write a little bash script in dom0 and hook it up to a shortcut, is > what I think. > > Good luck! > > /Sven Here's a script that does exactly this. Edit it to do something with $QUBE. Associate it with a shortcut. ``` #!/bin/bash ID=`xdotool getwindowfocus` QUBE=`xprop _QUBES_VMNAME -id $ID|cut -f2 -d\" ` if [[ "$QUBE" == "_QUBES_VMNAME: not found." ]]; then exit else # Do something with $QUBE fi ``` The if clause is to exclude dom0 windows, but you could adapt that if you *do* want action in dom0. unman -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/20210623101854.GA27860%40thirdeyesecurity.org.
Re: [qubes-users] How to assign keyboard shortcuts to a VM?
Hi Michael, I don't have the time currently to figure this out and send you a working solution. So instead I'll share things I know: 1) if you inquire the window property "_QUBES_VMNAME" of the active window, you'll get the name of the qube 2) you should be able to get to this with wmctrl or maybe xdotool Then write a little bash script in dom0 and hook it up to a shortcut, is what I think. Good luck! /Sven -- public key: https://www.svensemmler.org/2A632C537D744BC7.asc fingerprint: DA59 75C9 ABC4 0C83 3B2F 620B 2A63 2C53 7D74 4BC7 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/c1670d6c-93be-67c6-f8ba-64e0c61835a4%40SvenSemmler.org. OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenPGP digital signature
[qubes-users] How to assign keyboard shortcuts to a VM?
Dear Qubes community, I am looking for a way to execute a command with a keyboard shortcut. For example, the command "screenshot" should start the screenshot program within the respective VM or the command "nautilus" should pop up a file browser window of the VM that is currently being worked with. If I set up a keyboard combination for this in dom0 in the xfce keyboard settings, then I would have to set a different keyboard combination for each Qube: Ctrl+Alt+1 for Qube1: qvm-run Qube1 nautilus Ctrl+Alt+2 for Qube2 qvm-run Qube2 nautilus So, how can I do the same thing at the qube level instead of in dom0? You can install the autokey program, but it requires me to write a python script, and I don't know how to express a simple shell command in python. All the best Michael Singer -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/67cc8511-0717-10b0-8c66-44de68261cbe%40posteo.de.
