keyboard shortcuts is a small set of keys that activates a programs or action.
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Pasting X selection (not clipboard contents) with keyboard
I'd like to be able to paste the X selection using the keyboard. Currently I have to use the middle mouse button to do this.
I gather that faking a middle mouse button press is fairly easy to do, ...
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How to enable killing Xorg with Ctrl+Alt+Backspace
I don't remember why they did this, but at one point X.org decided that disabling CtrlAltBackspace to kill it was a good idea. I know there's a way to re-enable it but I don't remember how. Can ...
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Ctrl+C does not work in gnome-terminal
On my Linux host, Ctrl+C does not seem to work and I do not know how to proceed to make it work. I am using Ubuntu 10.04 with bash 4.1.5(1), and working in Gnome-terminal.
When I pressed Ctrl+C while ...
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How to change previous/next word shortcut in bash?
How do I configure Ctrl-Left and Ctrl-Right as previous/next word shortcuts for bash (currently alt-b and alt-f)?
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Shell: how to go to the beginning of line when you are inside a screen?
I am inside a screen (screen -Ra). I have a long command, and I am at the end. Instead of keeping the left arrow, how can you go to the beginning of the line?
CTRL-A works when I am in a normal ...
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Mapping key combination with xmodmap
I'm trying to achieve the following mapping
keycode 135 = <Ctrl-C>
Is it possible to achieve this in some way?
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Associating a function in Emacs after looking up the code with M-x describe-key
I would like to associate the following function (which toggles on and off full-screen on the active buffer):
(defun toggle-maximize-buffer () "Maximize buffer"
(interactive)
(if (= 1 (length ...
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Yanking URLs in w3m
I have been using w3m for a couple of weeks and am convinced that it is my preferred text browser - with one exception.
Is there any way to yank URLs to the clipboard without using the mouse?
I have ...
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Is there a vim shortcut for <name of current file>?
In vim, if I'm working on a Python script, I will commonly type:
:! python this_script.py
to execute the script. Is there a shortcut for the name of the current file? If not, can I easily make one? ...
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tmux after start
Can I configure tmux so it will after running tmux automatically opens two windows named src and cmd?
I always type after starting it:
prefix + c, prefix + ,srcENTER
prefix + c, prefix + ,cmdENTER
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Where does the yanked text on commadline get stored?
When you delete characters on the command line using readline commands (e.g. Ctrl-U, you can paste using Ctrl-y, but where does it get stored? It does not seem to use X11 clipboard at all.
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Emacs commands in xterm
I found that the commands I used to use in gnome-terminal/bash, those I learned in emacs, are only partially working in xterm/bash. In some cases, I get strange chars like ÿ, æ, and â instead. Do you ...
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How to switch X windows from the command-line?
How can I create a script that automatically switches windows? I'm trying to do the same thing Alt+Tab does.
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Replacement shortcuts for `screen` [closed]
Screen uses the shortcut CtrlA to activate. I find that this interferes with the Bash command for jumping to the start of the line, and the VIM command for incrementing an integer. Certainly I could ...
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How do I edit the terminal launch command in Linux Mint?
In Linux Mint (Debian-based) how can I edit what the shortcut Ctrl+Alt+t launches?
For example, I would like to issue gnome-terminal with the --maximize option, and to have it launch tmux instantly.
