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2009-12-03
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#13
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Originally Posted by lma
Edit!
The following works to add the "|" button on the Fremantle osso-xterm bar:
I should probably also mention the open bug for this, you know what to do ;-)Code:~ $ gconftool-2 -s /apps/osso/xterm/key_labels -t list --list-type=string "[Tab,Esc,PgUp,PgDn,|]" ~ $ gconftool-2 -s /apps/osso/xterm/keys -t list --list-type=string "[Tab,Escape,Page_Up,Page_Down,bar]"
Originally Posted by kwotski (I am an idiot sometimes)
Yes, you idiot, it's /apps not /appa ffs! Works now. Thanks.I've tried these commands, but to no effect..
Here is the output from the corresponding gconftool-2 gets:
After exiting the terminal and starting up a new one, there's no change visible in the key bar. Did I miss something?Code:~ $ gconftool-2 -g /appa/osso/xterm/key_labels [Tab,Esc,PgUp,PgDn,|] ~ $ gconftool-2 -g /appa/osso/xterm/keys [Tab,Escape,Page_Up,Page_Down,Bar]
Also, since you people seem to know what you're talking about... what the heck is that NW-facing arrow at the bottom left of the XTerm about? Doesn't seem to do anything here.. Edit: Ok, nevermind that, I see it enables text selection now
Last edited by kwotski; 2009-12-03 at 17:57.
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2009-12-03
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#14
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I agree the extra keys are very useful.
With so few lines in landscape mode, it would be helpful to put the key bar to one side or the other, instead of underneath. Or indeed, a whole sidebar of running apps/widgets - that would be great for those intensive text-editing Mutt using sessions
With so few lines in landscape mode, it would be helpful to put the key bar to one side or the other, instead of underneath. Or indeed, a whole sidebar of running apps/widgets - that would be great for those intensive text-editing Mutt using sessions
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2009-12-03
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#15
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Ok, now it's daytime and my eyes are working better, I've spotted the subtle error in my post above and got this working.
I decided on ^ (circumflex) rather than <enter> but otherwise the same choices as qole's, but done with the commandline as above:
giving:
I decided on ^ (circumflex) rather than <enter> but otherwise the same choices as qole's, but done with the commandline as above:
Code:
~ $ gconftool-2 -s /apps/osso/xterm/keys -t list --list-type=string "[Tab,Escape,bar,greater,asciitilde,dead_grave,asciicircum]" ~ $ gconftool-2 -s /apps/osso/xterm/key_labels -t list --list-type=string "[Tab,Esc,|,>,~,\`,^]"
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2009-12-03
, 18:44
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#16
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kwotski: what do you use the ^ hat for?
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2009-12-03
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Originally Posted by qole
It has some use in regular expressions (beginning of a string, or "not" inside a character class), also in shell expansion (related to the regexp use) for example 'ls *[^z]' : list all files with name at least one character long, not ending in 'z'. Of course, you need the [ and ] mapped for that to be really useful!
kwotski: what do you use the ^ hat for?
BTW, I discovered that if you drop the dead_ from dead_grave and just put grave, you don't have to press it twice!
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2009-12-04
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#18
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How can I find a list of the available key names? Gconf is new to me...
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2009-12-04
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#19
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Originally Posted by qole
Another use for the ^ character (at least it most shells e.g. tcsh/bash) is for quick corrections of typos. For example, if you accidentally type:
kwotski: what do you use the ^ hat for?
Code:
less thisisaveryloNGfilename.txt
Code:
^NG^ng
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2009-12-04
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#20
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Originally Posted by kwotski
dead_grave refers to the dead key for the grave accent (aka, backtick).
Code:~ $ gconftool-2 -s /apps/osso/xterm/keys -t list --list-type=string "[Tab,Escape,bar,greater,asciitilde,dead_grave,asciicircum]" ~ $ gconftool-2 -s /apps/osso/xterm/key_labels -t list --list-type=string "[Tab,Esc,|,>,~,\`,^]"
If you instead use:
Code:
~ $ gconftool-2 -s /apps/osso/xterm/keys -t list --list-type=string "[Tab,Escape,bar,greater,asciitilde,grave,asciicircum]" ~ $ gconftool-2 -s /apps/osso/xterm/key_labels -t list --list-type=string "[Tab,Esc,|,>,~,\`,^]"
you will only have to press ` once to get a ` symbol.
And just to collect the codes in one place:
CR = KP_Enter (for hitting enter when the keyboard isn't out)
| = bar
~ = asciitilde
> = greater
` = grave
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Last edited by qole; 2009-12-04 at 23:13. Reason: changed dead_grave to grave at the request of others