On Tue, Nov13,01 14:34, Scott Moynes wrote: > * Russ Burdick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > i think that starts to look more like an idea that i suggested a bit > > ago, namely having one key combo map to another keyboard event, possibly > > an event directed at a specific app. so instead of your alt+tab you > > could use ctrl+alt+tab (or ctrl+m alt+tab as related to this threat) and > > then it'd pass an alt+tab to your vnc (or whatever) window. i had > > suggested it as a way to have bbkeys grab a key (say, ctrl+n) and then > > send a different event (say 'n') to a running mp3 player without having > > to focus it and hit the 'n' (next song) key. would this be better suited > > to some sort of 'event mangler' type program? i feel like this is what > > we're getting closer to, but i dont know if it could be a separate > > entity. > > They really are quite different ideas, and I don't think yours would > fit at all with bbkeys. > For the mp3 player example, most good mp3 players offer some sort of > method to control them from a command line, often through a fifo or > with the correct options to the binary. >
Or, run xmms, and use xmms-shell, which provides a -e switch. I've got Ctrl+Shift+s setup to STOP, and Ctrl+Shift+P to PLAY. :) Then I use aumix to increase and decrease volume with Ctrl+Shift+J and Ctrl+Shift+K respectively. DC > scott > > -- > Copyleft (c) 2001, Scott Moynes -- Derek Cunningham [EMAIL PROTECTED] "All men by nature desire to know." -- Aristotle.
