[ltp] tpb: switching between gnome workspaces

[Noah Dain]

On 8/29/05, Roland Kn=F6pfli <roland.knoepfli@gmx.ch> wrote:
> hi,
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> i played around with tpb on my a31p. in the config file at /etc/tpbrc i
> can set an action for every special-key like the home button. for
> example: if i press the home button /usr/bin/firefox will start.
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> as my a31p has special forward and backward keys near the common arrow
> keys, i wanted to give them a function too. my idea is this:
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> if i press "ctrl-alt-arrowleft/right" (i'm using gnome 2.10) i can
> switch between the four virtual workspaces. it would be nice to
> configure the forward/backward button to do this instead of using a
> combination of three buttons.
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> my question: is there a command i can execute to do the workspace
> switching? if not, is there a possibility to simulate the
> "ctrl-alt-arrowleft"-keystroke by executing a command?
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> sorry for my bad english, but i hope you understand what i want.
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> thanks,
> roland

you need wmctrl

http://sweb.cz/tripie/utils/wmctrl/

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Noah Dain
noahdain@gmail.com