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How to jump out of the terminal on Chrome-os with just the keyboard?
Normally to leave the terminal we can do AltTab, but what about the case where the browser etc. isn't running, so there's no other window to jump to? Well, if you didn't start the terminal in the ...
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How to move the cursor to an embedded newline on the bash command line? [duplicate]
I have just pasted a line into the bash shell. It contains embedded newlines. CTRL+a gets me to https at the start. CTRL+e gets me to 7d87 at the end. How can I move around from line 1 to 2 to 3 ...
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How to configure Gnome's "activate pinned app" / "switch to application" hotkey?
The shortcut has seemingly been moved away from the settings in recent years ( hidden="true", from the source code), but I've been able to use my personal Ctrl + Alt + T key combination ...
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Tmux: How can I set my prefix to be a key sequence instead of a modifier key combination?
I'd like to be able to set my tmux prefix to be a double-press of a letter key (k, maybe), rather than a ctrl+something key combination. Related to this question, I guess, but I'm looking for "kk&...
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modify us keyboard layout to remap some keys
The goal is to have the following remaps working globally : alt+y should send ctrl+c alt+p should send ctrl+v alt+backspace should send ctrl+backspace What I am thinking about is to create a copy of ...
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How to make xorg setting permanent (so they don't reset when keyboard reconnects) and stop worrying
I use one keyboard for pc and notebook. It is connected through the usb-hub and switcher. After switching some X11 settings reset. Also they often reset by itself. I would like to preserve language ...
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How to remap keys (menu to super) permanently globally in default xorg settings
If I remap keys for user with xmodmap xmodmap -e "keycode 135 = Super_R" settings disappear and stop working after some time or when I reconnect keyboard. So I'm looking for permanent ...
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mousepad with key combinations for bash, zsh, emacs, vi, or gnome on a German PC keyboard? [closed]
Recently, I noticed that it's possible to order cheap mousepads with customer-provided images on it. As I don't wish to reinvent the wheel: Has anyone of you folks, perhaps, already done the job of ...
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How to unset keyboard layout shortcuts in fedora
Yesterday I installed fedora. The set up allowed me to pick from a limited amount of shortcuts to switch the layout. Now, in KDE, I found that I can set the shortcut to switch layouts from the system ...
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Terminal shortcuts in xfce
I'm alternating between working on KDE Konsole and an Xfce terminal. I'd like to make keyboard shortcuts as consistent as possible for my muscle memory. In particular, I'd like to be able to switch ...
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How to turn off the display when pressing the power off button on Linux Mint
I would like to turn the display off (without locking the session) when I press the power button on my machine in Linux Mint. How do I do that?
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What key modifiers are supported for keyboard shortcuts in Evolution?
I am running Evolution 3.56 under Xorg in an xfce 4.20 session on OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. With my keyboard layout, if I run Emacs and ask it to tell me what the meaning of a key is (Ctrl-h k), and then ...
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KDE: How to see recently triggered keyboard shortcuts?
With keyd I mapped meta+h j k l to arrow keys, and something happens (I don't know what) that moves the windows and or makes apps crash. I think there are KDE shortcuts being triggered. In settings I ...
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How to remap modifier keys with keyd (ctrl, alt, super)
I've been using a slightly hacky approach with setxkbmap for some time and have a Dvorak layout, but with the modifiers changed so that they are ctrl, alt, super when working from the middle. It's ...
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Map Numpad_+ and Numpad_- to Mouse_Wheel_Up and Mouse_Wheel_Down
I would like to remap: KeyRelease event, serial 81, synthetic NO, window 0x8000001, root 0x2c9, subw 0x0, time 1305359183, (142,88), root:(1013,541), state 0x10, keycode 82 (keysym 0xffad, ...