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Thursday, 09 September 2010
How To Utilize Your New Multimedia Keyboard Under Linux
Courtesy: Guni Abrahim  
Xbindkeys is a program that allows you to launch shell commands with your keyboard or your mouse under X Window. It links commands to keys or mouse buttons, using its configuration file. It does not depend on the window manager and can capture all keyboard keys.

Prerequisites:

  • a keyboard with special/multimedia buttons
  • xbindkeys
  • working X Window, doesn't matter if it is KDE, Gnome or any other

Helping link: http://hocwp.free.fr/xbindkeys/xbindkeys.html

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