5.1. The Keygrabber

The keygrabber works very similarly to bbkeys, which is an excellent tool but had some limitations (and was license incompatible), but with a totally new syntax for the config file, and a couple of new features which makes Fluxbox even more powerful.

For one, the new keygrabber supports chains of key sequences (like emacs)... so you could for example have: Mod1 + M + Mod1 + F to switch to the next workspace (not that anyone would actually use that particular key sequence.)

And if you've typed in a part of the sequence but decide not to continue (abort) then you can hit another key sequence (that you configured in your keys file) to simply abort (with: AbortChain).

In addition to this you can also bind a key sequence to switch between grouped/tabbed windows in a group (with: NextTab and PrevTab).

Finally, for your convenience we (or rather vlaad and tarzeau) have supplied you with two scripts (they both do the same thing) to convert a bbkeys conf-file to a Fluxbox keys-file. (usage of the scripts is described in them). Download: convertkeys or convertkeys2.

    Mod1 Tab :NextWindow
    Mod1 F1 :Workspace1
    Mod1 F2 :Workspace2
    Mod1 F3 :Workspace3
    Mod1 F4 :Workspace4
    Control n Mod1 n :NextTab

So, as you can see, First there is a modifier, then a key (then a modifier and key again if you wish to have a longer sequence) and finally a colon with an action.

For a list of valid keys actions read a little further down in this document.

And why this is good for you? Well, now you can master your xmms, for example:

    Mod1 P :ExecCommand xmms -p
    Mod1 F :ExecCommand xmms -f

If you have some additional keys (e.g multimedia keys), you can control xmms this way if you have configured those keys properly in XFree86:

    None XF86AudioPlay :ExecCommand xmms -u
    None XF86AudioStop :ExecCommand xmms -s

I would say check xmms --help for more info, but you are doing this right now probably...