On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 7:28 AM, Zenaan Harkness <z...@freedbms.net> wrote: >>>> I'd like to customize keys in Debian. I want to set f2/f3/f4/f8 to >>>> cut/copy/paste/switch-applications. For switching applications, I tried >>>> setting f8 in Settings -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> Navigation, but it >>>> didn't help; neither Alt+Tab nor f8 worked after that change. >>> >>> Gnome3 I can't help you sorry. >>> >>>> I searched the web and found IronAHK. I haven't tried it, but it is >>>> unmaintained. Relying on unmaintained softwares isn't a good idea. I >>>> also found (and tried) xbindkeys and xdotool, but I can't get them to >>>> work. >>> >>> xdotool I use to have a keyboard key provide a mouse click for me. >>> Very useful. Probably would not work to switch applications. May be >>> Gnome3 is the problem for you? I don't know sorry. >> >> Would you please share how to do cut/copy/paste by xdotool (if you >> know)? Thank you. > > All I do is select text using normal mouse, then move mouse to where I > want to paste, then I can middle click, or use my keyboard xdotool > assignment to "click the middle mouse" where I just placed the cursor. > Sometimes this is more efficient that clicking actual mouse button for > paste.
Thanks for your information. But AFAIK you are using "primary selection". The primary selection is separate from the clipboard. Its contents are more “fragile”; they are overwritten each time you select text with the mouse, whereas the clipboard is only overwritten by explicit “cut” or “copy” commands. What I want is making use of the "clipboard" for cutting, copying, and pasting, i.e., the job done by Ctrl+x, Ctrl+c, and Ctrl+v usually. -- Best regards, Xue Fuqiao. http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/caaf+z6edm3ae16i87jkpgs8zzombra4-bgfvxpkexijcp...@mail.gmail.com
