Multimedia hotkeys on a plain GUI
Most desktop environments already have a daemon to deal with so-called multimedia hotkeys, but I use plain Openbox, hence the clunky title. Preparation Test your setup with xev1: launch the command in a terminal make sure the little window stays focused press keys and watch the terminal output, loo...
Openbox: change keybind action depending on active window
The situation under Xorg: I have an application with keybinds that cannot be changed, namely Signal for Linux desktop. One of these keybinds has been my probably most used keybind for a long time, namely Shift-Return to open an application launcher. Solution: Openbox allows me to execute different a...