Re: xterm question

[Chris Jones <cjns1989@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 01:58:51PM EST, Mike McClain wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 07:31:01AM -0500, Rob Owens wrote:

> > I call xterm from a hotkey like this:   

> > uxterm -fn -misc-fixed-medium-*-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*

> Rob your answer is way over my head. If I have any hotkeys in
> X I don't know about them and I certainly don't know how to set one.

Not it's not (over your head).. :-)

$ bind '"\C-t": "Hello world"'  

Then when you type Ctrl-T you get:
$ Hello World

Hence:

$ bind '"\C-t": "xterm^M"'

.. and press Ctrl-T you start a new xterm - try it.

Notes: 

1. to enter the ^M in the above bind command, you need to type CTRL-V
   and then hit the Enter key.
2. once you get add a binding to work you may want to add it to
   ~/.xinitrc
3. it may be more user-friendly to use your window manager or desktop's
   capabilities to create such custom bindings.

cj