Re: xbindkeys and emacsclient

[jadamson@partners.org (Joel J. Adamson)]

Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com> writes:

> jadamson@partners.org (Joel J. Adamson) writes:
>
>> Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> jadamson@partners.org (Joel J. Adamson) writes:
>>>
>>
>>> You can use also xbindkeys -k (may be better than xev)
>>
>> Good suggestion, I did that and the keysyms are correct.  I think the
>> form of the command may be the problem; I may try it in scheme.
>>
>> Hold the phone!
>>
>> This command works:
>> "emacsclient -e '(emms-pause)'"
>>              Mod4 + l
>>
>> Note the single/double quote alternation             
>>              
>> Talk to you soon,
>> Joel
>
> I will try it on my laptop as soon as possible :)
> Thanks.

Do you know the best way to get a notification to show if an xbindkeys
command has failed?  My usual Unix ingenuity is failing me on this
one...

Talk to you soon,
Joel

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