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How special characters must be escaped in openbox config file when assigning shortcut-keys?

Name

11/1/22, 7:16 PM

According to https://stackoverflow.com/a/1091953/ five characters need to be escaped in XML documents under some circumstances:

"   &quot;
'   &apos;
<   &lt;
>   &gt;
&   &amp;

I tried to use Winkey-< as a shortcut-key for some command. I did the following attempts, both failed:

<keybind key="W-<">
 <action name="Execute">
<command>lxterminal</command>
</action>
</keybind>


<keybind key="W-&lt;">
 <action name="Execute">
<command>lxterminal</command>
</action>
</keybind>

How can I use Winkey < as a shortcut-key for some command?

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FedKad

11/1/22, 7:41 PM

What other characters are printed on your ***physical key* carrying the `<` character?**

Name

11/1/22, 7:43 PM

@FedonKadifeli Just `<` and `>`.

Nate T

11/18/22, 9:45 AM

@Name Are you talking about left or 'left carat' ? On my keyboard, left carat is `shift + , `. If you have a win key, yours should be the same.

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Nate T

11/2/22, 5:51 AM

On Linux, the "Windows" key is usually referred to as the 'Super' key, or in keymappings as Super.

The mapping you are looking for is likely Super + <

In open box, however, you need the identifier associated with the key. You can find this by running xev command.

This should bring up an interactive window. When you press a key, the identifier for that keystroke should be displayed in this window.

Now it is just a matter of pressing the Windows key and reading the result...

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Name

11/2/22, 6:24 AM

This does not answser the question. If you try with `W-t` instead of `W-<`, the code works. In openbox config shortcut-keys settings `W` is the `Winkey` or `Super`. The question is not about the Winkey or Super, the question is about `>` character.

Nate T

11/18/22, 9:48 AM

Then sub the word 'windows' in the last line for '<' although that is a shift key, so it is probably `shift + , ` as I said above

Name

11/18/22, 11:02 AM

Nate, I have a special AZERTY keybaord and < is directly accessible (without using SHIFT), if I use SHIFT it gives >.

Nate T

11/18/22, 8:28 PM

@Name Did you ever figure out why the mappings weren't working as expected? If no, that is it, The config cannot tell that you have a special keyboard. All it sees is a utf-8 (or ascii etc.) code. Normally, config keymappings will be subdivided into "windows" layout and "mac" layout. When you push `[<]` on your keyboard, it sees the same code as when it parses `[shift] + [ , ] ` on the Win section of the config. If you don't mind, try to map the > key using the ` [shift] + [ , ] ` to see if it works.

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