Wayne Topa wrote:
Hugo Vanwoerkom(hvw59601@care2.com) is reported to have said:cga2000 wrote:Under bash: I want to hit a key and have it execute a script or a program, or whatever.On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 02:54:59PM EDT, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:Hi, Things like xbindkeys bind keys for X. Is there such a thing for non-X? The vt's?What are you running in that console..? Are we talking about a shell such as bash .. ? What do you want to bind..? Is it something like switching the CapsLock and left Ctrl key that you have in mind .. ?With xbindkeys I have Alt+F11 bound to halt. Want to do the same in bash.I use .inputrc for that. see /usr/share/readline/inputrc Some of my .inputrc file # Esc then m "\em":"/usr/bin/mutt\C-M" # Esc then f "\ef":"/usr/bin/mc\C-M" #Esc then t "\et":"/usr/bin/htop\C-M" DEL: backspace # Reset terminal on F1 "\033[[A": "reset\C-M" # mutt on F11 "ESC[23~": "mutt\C-M" # getmail on F12 "ESC[24~": "bin/domail\C-M"
Thanks Wayne, let me try that.