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Author: Steve Litt
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To: dng
Old-Topics: Re: [DNG] Dng Digest, Vol 20, Issue 74
Subject: Re: [DNG] JWM: was Some questions re the devuan release
On Sat, 14 May 2016 16:46:30 +0200
<emninger@???> wrote:

> Am Sat, 14 May 2016 11:21:02 +0000
> schrieb Steve Litt <slitt@???>
>
> > Do you know if JWM enables one to configure hotkeys to run programs,
> > such as running xterm when you press F5 or whatever?
>
> This is the keys file of Manjaro JWM OpenRC edition (you'll find the
> iso on the manjaro site)
>
> -------
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
> <JWM>
>
>     <!-- Key bindings. -->


[snip hotkeys for WM functionality]
>
>     <!-- Key applications. -->
>     <Key mask="4" key="w">exec:firefox</Key>
>     <Key mask="4" key="e">exec:pcmanfm</Key>
>     <Key mask="4" key="r">exec:gmrun</Key>


The preceding answers the question. just use the preceding syntax. The
beauty of this is you can assign a hotkey to dmenu, to create a
lightning fast interface for the touch typist. We don't need no
steenkin mouse!

But as I said before, I think Debian's JWM package is so bad that
either the package should be refactored, or JWM should be compiled fro
source.

SteveT

Steve Litt
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