[SOLVED] Fluxbox hotkeys and starting from a particular filepath

tpprynn · 10-21-2020, 07:35 PM

I have Debian 10 set up on three computers and use hotkeys for ten or so programs and functions. I've installed the Firefox derivative Waterfox in /opt/ and would like to add this to /home/me/.fluxbox/keys, with /opt/waterfox/waterfox to be triggered with Mod4 and w.

What would be the form for this in the keys file please? If it can't be done this way then is there a way round this?

Thanks.

Edit: Pardon me, I've been a bit slow possibly.

I created a symlink in /bin leading to the necessary file and then added the line to keys with the usual form. If someone needs to know what I mean, I wrote

sudo ln -s /opt/waterfox/waterfox /bin/waterfox

in the terminal and

Mod4 w :ExecCommand waterfox

in keys and restarted Fluxbox.

teckk · 10-23-2020, 06:55 AM

You don't have to symlink it. You need the path of it.

A few examples.

~/.fluxbox/keys

Code:

Mod4 a :Exec (~/myscript.py)
Mod4 b :Exec (uxterm -T "Log" -fa 'Monospace' -fs 16 -g 100x36 -e "~/bashscript.sh; bash")
Mod4 c :Exec (uxterm +sb -T "W3M" -bg grey67 -fg black -fa 'Monospace' -fs 18 -g 90x34 -e w3m -s ~/.w3m/bookmark.html)

More ~/.fluxbox/keys examples, if you want them.

Code:

Mod4 Up :Attach (Name=[current]) (workspace=[current])
Mod4 Down :ForEach {DetachClient} (Name=[current]) (workspace=[current])
Control Mod4 u :ForEach {MaximizeVertical} (Name=[current]) (workspace=[current])

#Tile all windows
Control Mod4 h :ArrangeWindowsHorizontal	
Control Mod4 v :ArrangeWindowsVertical
Control Mod4 Right :ArrangeWindowsStackLeft
Control Mod4 Left :ArrangeWindowsStackRight
Control Mod4 Down :ArrangeWindowsStackTop
Control Mod4 Up :ArrangeWindowsStackBottom

# Window move, all except arrow keys disabled. Escape to exit.
Control Mod4 m              :KeyMode MoveMode
MoveMode: None Up           :MoveUp 20
MoveMode: None Down         :MoveDown 20
MoveMode: None Left         :MoveLeft 20
MoveMode: None Right        :MoveRight 20

#Move mouse/click with xdotool
Control Mod1 Up     :Exec (xdotool mousemove_relative -- 0 -15)
Control Mod1 Down   :Exec (xdotool mousemove_relative 0 15)
Control Mod1 Right  :Exec (xdotool mousemove_relative 15 0)
Control Mod1 Left   :Exec (xdotool mousemove_relative -- -15 0)
Control Mod1 x      :Exec (xdotool click 1)
Control Mod1 v      :Exec (xdotool click 3)
Control Mod1 c      :Exec (xdotool click 2)

#Scroll Page right, Page left
Shift Right :Exec str=$(printf "%10s"); xdotool key $(echo "${str// /Right }")
Shift Left :Exec str=$(printf "%10s"); xdotool key $(echo "${str// /Left }")

tpprynn · 10-23-2020, 10:21 PM

Ah, I thought something like this might be the case. Very interesting and I will work through these examples, thanks. I see from a quick attempt that brackets are the thing I overlooked - I'd tried putting the path in single and double quotation marks, a wild stab in the dark there. For others reading this I now have the option of:

Mod4 w :Exec (opt/waterfox/waterfox)

(although preceding the path with xterm shows the application has problems under its hood or with how I've set it up currently, so it was handy to try that also).

I hadn't known about xdotool either and that might prove useful.