Keyboard input via a shortcut

[Alexey931]

Hi,

I'd like to fire a sequence of characters into an edit window using a shortcut.

Probably I have to put something into ~/.config/openbox/lxde-rc.xml, like this:

    <keybind key="A-j">
        <action name="A Burst">...? ? ?...</action>
      </keybind>

What the proper action must be? Suppose I want to fire a sequence like this: "~---~"

[ghostbunny]

Hi Alexey931,

only an idea:

create a file where you save your sequence of characters.

than a small shell script

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#!/bin/bash
paste <path to sequence file>

you have to do the file executable. use the right click menu > Properties > second tab > the little checkbox

naow i would try to insert the path to the shell script into the lxde-rc.xml file.

e.g.

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<keybind key="A-j">
        <action name="A Burst">/home/<user name>/scripts/<file name>.sh</action>
      </keybind>

again it is an idea only

i don't know whether it works. i couldn't test it.

greets
ghostbunny

[Alexey931]

Thanks!

Do you mean this paste? You are suggesting that the (focused) edit window is designed to accept standard output, if I read it correctly. Is that really so?

[ghostbunny]

Do you mean this paste?

Yes, i meant this.

You are suggesting that the (focused) edit window is designed to accept standard output, if I read it correctly. Is that really so?

I'm not sure. I'm only a noob with an idea xD

I would suggest you to try it out. The workload isn't very high.

greets
ghostbunny

PS: Why don't you use control+c and control+v?

[Alexey931]

PS: Why don't you use control+c and control+v?

It's a set of snippets, to be used frequently and at random.

The answer to my questions buried somewhere down here,http://www.shallowsky.com/software/crikey/ but I haven't found it yet (The Openbox example won't work).

[ghostbunny]

mmhhh did you install the Crikey-package from source code? without the package it won't work.

i didn't found the package in the repo. Maybe you could post it in the package suggest section.

greets
ghostbunny

[uncleV]

I am not sure what do you need but this

[uncleV@localhost ~]$ echo ~---~ | leafpad

added the string to a new file in the editor leafpad.

Doing this with an existing file

[uncleV@localhost ~]$ echo ~---~ | leafpad existing_file

simply opens the file without altering it.

[Alexey931]

mmhhh did you install the Crikey-package from source code? without the package it won't work.

i didn't found the package in the repo. Maybe you could post it in the package suggest section.

greets
ghostbunny

Thanks, ghostbunny! I did install crikey from source code - on one box, and kept on testing it on another  . As a matter of fact, it works fine.

Package suggestion is in order. A how-to without an official package is against the rules.