xbindkeys and emacsclient

xbindkeys and emacsclient

[Joel J. Adamson]

Howdy There,
Has anyone had success running Emacs commands through xbindkeys?

For example:

/home/joel: Zshell> emacsclient -e "(emms-pause)"

works, but from my .xbindkeysrc:
"emacsclient -e \"(emms-pause)\""
    Mod4 + l

doesn't work.  Any suggestions?

I'm using Slackware Linux 12.0 and Fvwm 2.5.23.

Joel
-- 
Joel J. Adamson
Biostatistician
Pediatric Psychopharmacology Research Unit
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA  02114
(617) 643-1432
(303) 880-3109

Re: xbindkeys and emacsclient

[Thierry Volpiatto]

jadamson@partners.org (Joel J. Adamson) writes:

> Howdy There,
> Has anyone had success running Emacs commands through xbindkeys?
>
> For example:
>
> /home/joel: Zshell> emacsclient -e "(emms-pause)"
>
> works, but from my .xbindkeysrc:
> "emacsclient -e \"(emms-pause)\""
>     Mod4 + l
>
> doesn't work.  Any suggestions?
>
> I'm using Slackware Linux 12.0 and Fvwm 2.5.23.
>
> Joel

Did you check your keys with xev ?
On fluxbox i set Mod4 l (no +)
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A + Thierry
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Re: xbindkeys and emacsclient

[Joel J. Adamson]

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

> jadamson@partners.org (Joel J. Adamson) writes:
>
>> Howdy There,
>> Has anyone had success running Emacs commands through xbindkeys?
>>
>> For example:
>>
>> /home/joel: Zshell> emacsclient -e "(emms-pause)"
>>
>> works, but from my .xbindkeysrc:
>> "emacsclient -e \"(emms-pause)\""
>>     Mod4 + l
>>
>> doesn't work.  Any suggestions?
>>
>> I'm using Slackware Linux 12.0 and Fvwm 2.5.23.
>>
>> Joel
>
> Did you check your keys with xev ?
> On fluxbox i set Mod4 l (no +)

Good question: I just tried xev and the key didn't register (the Window
key). However, those same bindings worked with audacious, only the
command is different.

Joel

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Re: xbindkeys and emacsclient

[Thierry Volpiatto]

jadamson@partners.org (Joel J. Adamson) writes:

> Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> jadamson@partners.org (Joel J. Adamson) writes:
>>
>>> Howdy There,
>>> Has anyone had success running Emacs commands through xbindkeys?
>>>
>>> For example:
>>>
>>> /home/joel: Zshell> emacsclient -e "(emms-pause)"
>>>
>>> works, but from my .xbindkeysrc:
>>> "emacsclient -e \"(emms-pause)\""
>>>     Mod4 + l
>>>
>>> doesn't work.  Any suggestions?
>>>
>>> I'm using Slackware Linux 12.0 and Fvwm 2.5.23.
>>>
>>> Joel
>>
>> Did you check your keys with xev ?
>> On fluxbox i set Mod4 l (no +)
>
> Good question: I just tried xev and the key didn't register (the Window
> key). However, those same bindings worked with audacious, only the
> command is different.

You can use also xbindkeys -k (may be better than xev)
On ubuntu i have Mod4 == Mod4 + Super_L
So Mod4 + l is ==> Mod4 + Super_L + l
But i tried the same command than you and it didn't work.
I tried also with a script launching that command and it fail.
The command or the script work in a terminal.
I tried also with "xterm -e \"emacsclient -e \"(emms-pause)\"&"
And it fail also.
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Re: xbindkeys and emacsclient

[Joel J. Adamson]

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

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Joel J. Adamson
Biostatistician
Pediatric Psychopharmacology Research Unit
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA  02114
(617) 643-1432
(303) 880-3109

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Re: xbindkeys and emacsclient

[Thierry Volpiatto]

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.

-- 
A + Thierry
Pub key: http://pgp.mit.edu

Re: xbindkeys and emacsclient

[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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Joel J. Adamson
Biostatistician
Pediatric Psychopharmacology Research Unit
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA  02114
(617) 643-1432
(303) 880-3109

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Re: xbindkeys and emacsclient

[Thierry Volpiatto]

jadamson@partners.org (Joel J. Adamson) writes:

> 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...
No, except xbindkeys -v , i found nothing .
The only output i have is if i have a wrong key, but not a wrong command.
-- 
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Re: xbindkeys and emacsclient

[Joel J. Adamson]

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

> jadamson@partners.org (Joel J. Adamson) writes:

[...]

>>
>> 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...
> No, except xbindkeys -v , i found nothing .
> The only output i have is if i have a wrong key, but not a wrong command.

I may write an FvwmScript for this one.

Joel

-- 
Joel J. Adamson
Biostatistician
Pediatric Psychopharmacology Research Unit
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA  02114
(617) 643-1432
(303) 880-3109

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