Re: xbindkeys and emacsclient

[jadamson@partners.org (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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