keystrokes

[sujoki]

is there any software that can tell me what keystrokes i hit, like i want to see what my multimedia keys register as so i can try and set them to be used for xmms and xine.

[SkyNet]

Different strokes for different fokes, I couldn't help myself.

Check out that GNOME 2.4 Release, and tell me if that keyboard thing is like what you're needing. It's on the main page atm.

[sujoki]

i would check it out but i dont use gnome lol, i remember i used to have a program that told me what keystroke i hit when i hit it, like it would tell me the ansi for it or something like that, and that would be cool to find out and implement something.

[sujoki]

but hey, im not X-ist so i will give it a try, i didnt find what you were talking about but oh well lol

also, im stupid and in my lapse of not using linux for a while i have forgotten how to change the different GUI interfaces. so if someone could give me a push into the right dir and what file to edit that would be great

[gaxprels]

To change which window manager (or desktop manager for that matter) you are using, use the "xwmconfig" utility.

It should be located in /usr/X11R6/bin

Just run it and pick the one you want to be your default, then run startx again

[sujoki]

gaxprels, no offence, but i used to know how to do it manually, which is edit a file and it would do it, i find that faster and easier.

[gaxprels]

nope... not faster or easier, but definitely the guru way

the file you want i used to know as well... but since there's this nice little utility, i figured "why bother" and haven't touched it in forever and had forgotten which file it was, but I looked it up.

Put it in your ~/.xinitrc file and it should load when you do startx

Also... xwmconfig is one way... there's another program some people use called switchdesk but I haven't used it so far as I can remember.

[SkyNet]

Ok, this is how a real guru does it ;D

For Slackware, have the symlink xinitrc located in the /etc/X11/xinit/ dir pointing to the real xinitrc.gnome or xinitrc.kde etc... also located in that directory.

[babbing]

try this URL for your multimedia buttons. there was nother one i knew about, but i forgot :

http://freshmeat.net/projects/hotkeys/?topic_id=861

[sujoki]

THANKYOU SKYNET, i just needed to know where the stupid gui loader files were, i knew to put .xinitrc into my user dir, and gaxprels, i must again say, editing it text is faster and easier, nothing easier than editing out a hash and adding one for the gui that i was using.

and thanks for the link babbing