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XBindKeys(1)							  XBindKeys(1)

NAME
       xbindkeys - a grabbing keys program for X

SYNOPSIS
       xbindkeys [ options ]

DESCRIPTION
       XbindKeys  is a program that grab keys and mouse button events in X and
       starts associated shell command.

COMMAND LINE OPTIONS
       Available command line options are as follows:

       -d, --defaults
	      Print a default rc file

       -f, --file
	      Use an alternative rc file

       -h, --help
	      Short help on options plus version/author info.

       -X, --display
	      Set X display to use

       -v, --verbose
	      More information on xbindkeys when it run

       -k, --key
	      Identify one key pressed (useful to fill the configuration file)

       -mk, --multikey
	      Identify multi key pressed (useful  to  fill  the	 configuration
	      file)

       -g, --geometry
	      size and position of window with -k|-mk option

       -n, --nodaemon
	      don't start as daemon

       If guile support have not been disabled:

       -dg, --defaults-guile
	      Print a default guile configuration file

       -fg, --file-guile
	      Use an alternative guile configuration file

XBINDKEYSRC
       XBindKeys uses a configuration files.  This file is $HOME/.xbindkeysrc,
       used only for one user.	All whitespace is ignored in the files	except
       for within the commands names double quotes.

       The configuration file consists of commands names in double quotes, and
       associated keys in the next line.

       Comments are started with a pound (#) and extend	 to  the  end  of  the
       line.

       You  can	 see  a	 default  file	with the --defaults option or create a
       default $HOME/.xbindkeysrc with
	'xbindkeys --defaults > $HOME/.xbindkeysrc'.

KEYSYMS
       The program expects combinations of keysyms to be used by using plus(+)
       characters to combine them together.

       The format of a command line is:
	   "command to start &"
	      associated key

       To specify an associated key, you can use 'xbindkeys --key' or
	'xbindkeys  --multikey' and put one of the two lines in the configura‐
       tion file.

       A   list	  of   keys   is   in	/usr/include/X11/keysym.h    and    in
       /usr/include/X11/keysymdef.h.  The XK_ is not needed.

       List of modifiers:
	   Release, Control, Shift, Mod1 (Alt), Mod2 (NumLock),
	   Mod3 (CapsLock), Mod4, Mod5 (Scroll).

       The  release  modifier is not a standard X modifier, but you can use it
       if you want to catch release events instead of press events.

       By defaults, xbindkeys does not pay attention with the  modifiers  Num‐
       Lock,  CapsLock	and ScrollLock.	 Add the lines above in the configura‐
       tion file, if you want to pay attention to them.

	   keystate_numlock = enable
	   keystate_capslock = enable
	   keystate_scrolllock= enable

EXAMPLES
       # control+shift+q starts an xterm (it's a comment)
       "xterm"
	 control+shift + q

       # Menu key starts xbindkeys_show
       "xbindkeys_show"
	 Menu

       # Control + mouse button 1 starts an xterm
       "xterm"
	 Control + b:1

       # Control+Shift+a  release event starts rxvt
       "rxvt"
	 release+control+shift + a

       # Control + mouse button 2 release event starts rxvt
       "rxvt"
	 Control + b:2 + Release

SCHEME CONFIGURATION STYLE
       If the guile support have not been disabled, you can use	 an  alternate
       configuration  file  written in scheme. xbindkeys read first the scheme
       configuration file, and if this file doesn't exist, it read  the	 stan‐
       dard configuration file.

       For more details, please see here
	 http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/guile.html

       Note: The guile configuration file is the prefered way if you have a non trivial
       configuration like for example double click, timed click or keys combinations.

       The defaults is ~/.xbindkeysrc.scm

       Use xbindkeys --defaults-guile for more details.

       And xbindkeys --defaults-guile > ~/.xbindkeysrc.scm to use this method.

NOTE
       xbindkeys  reload its configuration file each time it has changed.  But
       if you want to force it reloading its configuration file, you can  send
       a HUP signal:

       killall -HUP xbindkeys

       When  HUP  signal  is  send to xbindkeys, changes in $HOME/.xbindkeysrc
       takes effect only after moving mouse.

BUGS
       If you find a bug, please send a mail to <hocwp@free.fr>

HOMEPAGE
       http://hocwp.free.fr/xbindkeys

AUTHOR
       Philippe Brochard <hocwp@free.fr>
       Marcello Mathias Herreshoff for the guile support <marcello@hummer.stanford.edu>

FILES
       $HOME/.xbindkeysrc
	       The users configuration file.

       $HOME/.xbindkeysrc.scm
	       The users configuration file in scheme style (if guile support have not been disabled).

SEE ALSO
       xbindkeys_show
	   Utility for showing the actual keybinding with xbindkeys
       xmodmap(1x)
	   Utility for modifying keymap & button mappings in X.
       xev(1x)
	   Print contents of X events.
       /usr/include/X11/keysymdef.h
	   X11 KeySym definitions.

3rd Berkeley Distribution	Wed Apr 18 2007			  XBindKeys(1)

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