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Hi,
I am switching my wife to Linux, I have been using it for the last 3 months. Reasons are very simply we are both fed up with Windows updates!!
She uses hotkeys, that I have programed for her.
The sequence is ctrl Y gives [youtube][/youtube] she uses this very often, as you can see, it is a pain to type every time.
Is there a way to set this up in Linux? It is not important what the key sequence is to do it. It can be an F number or any other command.
Thanks all for your help
Simon
Yes indeed! You use the Super key: the one with the Windows logo. It depends on the desktop you're using, but there may be something in the menu for "keyboard shortcuts". If you have KDE, use the menu editor, select the program you want, right-click, and select "properties". If you have Gnome, Mate, or Cinnamon, then you need to run the configuration editor and define both a keybinding and a command. There's a lot of documentation about, or you can ask for more help.
For example, I have
Super-w for gnome-terminal -e "units"
Super-q for wine "/home/david/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/QemuLator/QemuLator.exe"
Hi,
Thanks for those replies.
I am using Cinammon 18.1, I am not sure I fully understood exactly what I should do, but I will look for some documentation
Thanks again
Simon
Hello Again,
I feel I have not fully explained what I am trying to do.
I am not looking to launch a program by the hotkey, I want some text to be applied when I click the hotkey.
It will be used within Mozilla
Thanks once again
Simon
Sorry,
She repeatedly has to type type the following command [youtube][/youtube] when posting, as you can see it is a bit difficult to type, so in Windows I just created a hotkey that when she pressed ctrl y it typed out the you tube thing.
I should have explained in more detail.
Thanks for your help
Simon
that little special web key is a hardware thing I do not think it will be useful anymore in Linux just like the "fn" on keyboards. They do not register in the system as a keyboard key because they are not.
you can google about the fn key and you will see all kinds of people asking why there fn key does not work. that special web key for windows I would bet is the same way. it is a 'hardware' key therefore, to set it up to get youtube with only one push of a key you can use a Function key which is do-able . if she does not want to use two keys or more to fire up a web browser and have it go straight to youtube.
More positive toward Linux usability 'UI/UX', (very sorry that I don't 'do' GUI),
both/all are just 'machine code', so IF Win can, Linux can! (I think/HOPE!)
I think I now understand that, in Firebox (like I click on LQ's quote/code/link etc.)
OP wants something like Ctrl+y (or other key, like F9 or 'Win'+y or most anything)
to insert: [youtube][/youtube] into the browser text window, in which they're typing.
Best wishes, for getting Linux to 'work for users'! (Let us know the solution!)
More positive toward Linux usability 'UI/UX', (very sorry that I don't 'do' GUI),
both/all are just 'machine code', so IF Win can, Linux can! (I think/HOPE!)
I think I now understand that, in Firebox (like I click on LQ's quote/code/link etc.)
OP wants something like Ctrl+y (or other key, like F9 or 'Win'+y or most anything)
to insert: [youtube][/youtube] into the browser text window, in which they're typing.
Best wishes, for getting Linux to 'work for users'! (Let us know the solution!)
I gave up looking -- maybe someone should e mail Linus Torvalds about it.
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