[gentoo-user] OT - Changing accellerator keys in gnome-terminal

[gentoo-user] OT - Changing accellerator keys in gnome-terminal

[Michael Sullivan]

Is it possible to change the accellerator keys in gnome-terminal?  I
would like to change

Copy from Cntrl+Shift+C to Cntrl+C
Paste from Cntrl+Shift+P to Cntrl+P

(like it is in just about every other gnome app).  I was looking at the
source code for gnome-terminal, at a file called terminal-accels.c and I
see a function:

static KeyEntry edit_entries[] =
{
  { N_("Copy"),
    KEY_COPY, ACCEL_PATH_COPY, 0, 0, NULL, FALSE },
  { N_("Paste"),
    KEY_PASTE, ACCEL_PATH_PASTE, 0, 0, NULL, FALSE },
};

I think this is what I need to edit; the problem is that I'm not very
experienced with C and I'm not experienced at all with GTK.  From
cross-referencing what I see above with both the rest of the current
file and the accompanying header file I see 

#define KEY_COPY CONF_KEYS_PREFIX"/copy"
#define KEY_PASTE CONF_KEYS_PREFIX"/paste"

#define ACCEL_PATH_COPY ACCEL_PATH_ROOT"/copy"
#define ACCEL_PATH_PASTE ACCEL_PATH_ROOT"/paste"

I know these commands are declaring constants, and I know that CONF_KEYS_PREFIX eventually translates into CONF_PREFIX, which translates into "/apps/gnome-terminal" in terminal-profile.h, but I have no idea what /apps/gnome-terminal does in this context (isn't that what I'm trying to build here?)  Am I even close?


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Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Changing accellerator keys in gnome-terminal

[Markus Schönhaber]

Michael Sullivan wrote:
> Is it possible to change the accellerator keys in gnome-terminal?  I
> would like to change
>
> Copy from Cntrl+Shift+C to Cntrl+C
> Paste from Cntrl+Shift+P to Cntrl+P
>
> (like it is in just about every other gnome app).  I was looking at the
> source code for gnome-terminal, at a file called terminal-accels.c and I
> see a function:
>
> static KeyEntry edit_entries[] =
> {
>   { N_("Copy"),
>     KEY_COPY, ACCEL_PATH_COPY, 0, 0, NULL, FALSE },
>   { N_("Paste"),
>     KEY_PASTE, ACCEL_PATH_PASTE, 0, 0, NULL, FALSE },
> };
[...]

Why don't you simply use "Keyboard Shortcuts..." from gnome-terminal's "Edit" 
menu?

BTW: I wouldn't call it a good idea to map Ctrl-C to something in a terminal 
emulator, since Ctrl-C is normally used to interrupt the running program in 
the shell. I wouldn't want to sacrifice this ability.

Regards
  mks
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Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Changing accellerator keys in gnome-terminal

[Michael Sullivan]

On Sun, 2006-11-05 at 16:40 +0100, Markus Schönhaber wrote:
> Michael Sullivan wrote:
> > Is it possible to change the accellerator keys in gnome-terminal?  I
> > would like to change
> >
> > Copy from Cntrl+Shift+C to Cntrl+C
> > Paste from Cntrl+Shift+P to Cntrl+P
> >
> > (like it is in just about every other gnome app).  I was looking at the
> > source code for gnome-terminal, at a file called terminal-accels.c and I
> > see a function:
> >
> > static KeyEntry edit_entries[] =
> > {
> >   { N_("Copy"),
> >     KEY_COPY, ACCEL_PATH_COPY, 0, 0, NULL, FALSE },
> >   { N_("Paste"),
> >     KEY_PASTE, ACCEL_PATH_PASTE, 0, 0, NULL, FALSE },
> > };
> [...]
> 
> Why don't you simply use "Keyboard Shortcuts..." from gnome-terminal's "Edit" 
> menu?
> 
> BTW: I wouldn't call it a good idea to map Ctrl-C to something in a terminal 
> emulator, since Ctrl-C is normally used to interrupt the running program in 
> the shell. I wouldn't want to sacrifice this ability.
> 
> Regards
>   mks

Could I map Cntrl+C for abort to something more intuitive?  Like Esc?

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Re: [gentoo-user] OT - Changing accellerator keys in gnome-terminal

[Markus Schönhaber]

Michael Sullivan wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-11-05 at 16:40 +0100, Markus Schönhaber wrote:
> > BTW: I wouldn't call it a good idea to map Ctrl-C to something in a
> > terminal emulator, since Ctrl-C is normally used to interrupt the running
> > program in the shell. I wouldn't want to sacrifice this ability.
>
> Could I map Cntrl+C for abort to something more intuitive?  Like Esc?

You'd have to check the docs of the application running inside 
gnome-terminal - propably your shell - to find out if this is at all 
possible. I don't know.

Regards
  mks

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