On Mon, 30 May 2016 20:18:35 +0200, Fuumind wrote:
> Hi list!
>
> Inspired by recent discussions about setxkbmap and xmodmap I asked
> myself if it was possible to use X to assign a hotkey for taking a
> screenshot (or running any other command) instead of doing it as I do it
> now, in my openbox rc-file. It would be neat to become window manager
> independent! :)
>
> Some reasearch indicated that the above commands would not be of any use
> and I have so far been unable to find any other suggestions online. The
> time has come to ask you guys. What are your thoughts on this?


Maybe you should have a look at the xbindkeys program?

Cf. http://linux.die.net/man/1/xbindkeys,
    https://packages.debian.org/jessie/xbindkeys

HTH, Regards
Urban