[openbox] xset from hot key

[Mark Bloch]

Hi,

I must be honest , I don't use the keybind functionality of openbox with non
standard buttons ( like XF86AudioRaiseVolume,ChnageTouchPadStatus and
XF86AudioMute).

I use xbindkey for that stuff.
You might want to try it, first of all you need to find the keycode of you
button,
for that use : xev
then create a file named .xbindkeysrc in your ~ dir, and add those lines:

"xset dpms force off"
  m:0x0 + c:110

* change 110 with the keycode you got from xev .
then start xbindkeys and see if it works.


Mark.

On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 10:22 PM, Jorge Almeida <jjalmeida at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 7:42 PM, Mark Bloch <mark.bl at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I did a test, I used this :
> > <keybind key="C-l">
> >     <keybind key="s">
> >         <action name="Execute">
> >           <command>xset dpms force off</command>
> >         </action>
> >       </keybind>
> > </keybind>
> >
> >
> > and it works fine. can you provide additional information  ( openbox
> version
> > ) , did you try some other key?( other than 0xdf ).
> >
>
> I just tried your suggestion ant it works fine. I think I had tried
> other combination (Ctrl-something) and it didn't work. Maybe there is
> some problem with non standard keys. I currently have a working
> solution:
>
>    <keybind key="0xdf">
>      <action name="Execute">
>         <execute>sh -c 'sleep 0.5;xset dpms force off'</execute>
>      </action>
>    </keybind>
>
> Of course, sleeping, not to mention calling a shell, is sub-optimal.
>
> openbox version is 3.4.11.2-2
>
> The distro is Archlinux and I keep everything up to date.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jorge
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