Graphical Environment Guide
Chapter 15, Configuring window manager key bindings

Chapter 15

Chapter 15<P> Configuring window manager key bindings Configuring window manager key bindings

Key bindings provide a way to define the action that is performed when you press a key or a sequence of keys in various window manager contexts. You can use many combinations of keystrokes to invoke many different actions. The actions performed depend on where the keyboard input focus is on the screen.

This chapter describes:

There is also an example at the end of this chapter that helps tie together many of the concepts and procedures discussed in this chapter.

This chapter does not discuss translation tables and hardcoding key bindings into applications. For more information about translation tables refer to O'Reilly and Associates' X Toolkit Intrinsics Programming Manual Volume Four.

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