eiraku | # 41 | 2010-07-08, 08:00 | Report

Thank you, Matan. Wil delete the related key binding and reassign jump to desktop to "d".

Anyhow, how about binding "backspace" to closing the most recent/last used window in dashboard? Is this possible?

Matan | # 42 | 2010-07-08, 08:08 | Report

I assume that by dashboard you mean the task switcher.

It is possible to do:

backspace in task switcher sends parameter 67336 to keyboard-shortcut.

Closing the most recent used application can be done with the command:

dbus-send --type=signal --session /com/nokia/hildon_desktop com.nokia.hildon_desktop.close_window_time int32:-1

eiraku | # 43 | 2010-07-08, 14:00 | Report

Okay. I tried this:

if key == '67336':
os.system("dbus-send --type=signal --session /com/nokia/hildon_desktop com.nokia.hildon_desktop.close_window_time int32:-1")

It did not work. I replaced '67336' with "bksp/backspace" and finally with '@' (through fn-space, longpressing does not seem to work in task manager) and it works fine, so no problems with the script, only the key. I wonder why.

I want to try to bind "kp_return/enter" for something as well, not sure if it would work, now that backspace fails.

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Matan | # 44 | 2010-07-10, 17:12 | Report

kn is the integer value that should be compared to 67336.

It is actually 65288 (backspace value) + 2048 (flag for key in task navigator).

key is cooked value after removing flags and has different meanings in different places in the program.

elwirchito | # 45 | 2010-08-11, 14:07 | Report

where i would to find rescue-boot and wget? thanks...

Matan | # 46 | 2010-08-11, 14:10 | Report

wget is in extras repository and rescue-boot is in extras-devel, as well as in my repository.

caco3 | # 47 | 2010-09-19, 20:45 | Report

Hi Matan

Thank you for this great application.
I was really missing the navigator tab function as known in KDE and Windows (option 5 in /apps/osso/hildon-desktop/key-actions/ctrl_backspace_in_tasknav).
Would there be a way to have option 1 and 5 working at the same time? I miss them both.
- Task switching could be as used with ctrl-backspace
- Backspace only would switch in the oposite direction (or shift-backspace)
- Ctrl-Return would go to home screen (replaces option 1)

Would that be possible?
I saw that your keyboard-shortcuts package works with H in the navigator, but ctrl-return would be much faster.

Also, a GUI for the configuration would be very nice.
In some weeks I will have more time, I might be able to help you to create one.

Matan | # 48 | 2010-09-19, 21:29 | Report

I am using ctrl-fn-h for going to home screen. Currently ctrl-enter is not caught by modified-hildon-desktop. You could usr ctrl-space, ctrl-dot, ctrl-comma which are caught, or use a three keys combination (it is not hard to press ctrl+fn with one thumb.

Once you are in the task navigator (or launcher, for that matter) you can select any window directly with q w e ..., so I don't see any reason to add keys to ctrl-backspace. Still, if if you have a well specified key action (I do not really understand your suggestion with backspace),
I'll look into implementing it as an option.

A gui might be nice, but I am not the one to write it.

thp | # 49 | 2010-11-01, 10:56 | Report

Any updates to modified-hildon-desktop to PR1.3? Creating a patch from your source package against the original (PR1.2?) source and then applying it to the PR1.3-provided source works fine.

thp | # 50 | 2010-11-01, 11:18 | Report

Here's a very simple patch on top of Modified Hildon Desktop that makes "x" run xterm on the Desktop:

modified_hildon_desktop_x4xterm.patch

As long as you don't have any contacts named Xaver or Xiomara, this makes it easier to open a xterm without having to stretch your fingers for Ctrl+Shift+X