hi!

could anyone give me a step-by-step manual to bind a certain command to a
key

for example I want to bind the command ps -ef to the key F1

SOLARIS 8 with sun keyboard

the setting should take affect for all users which are log in to the
workstation

I have read some manuals but it's to heavy for me

thx

heinz

Harald Kaspari wrote:
> hi!
>
> could anyone give me a step-by-step manual to bind a certain command to a
> key
>
> for example I want to bind the command ps -ef to the key F1
>
> SOLARIS 8 with sun keyboard
>
> the setting should take affect for all users which are log in to the
> workstation
>
> I have read some manuals but it's to heavy for me
>
> thx
>
> heinz
>
>

This will presume you are using CDE as a desktop environment. The
procudure for gnome/kde will be somewhat different. In the file
$HOME/.dt/$LC_CTYPE/dtwmrc you can edit the actions associated with the
keys. The volume control keys work by executing a program as set in this
file and you can execute any application using a key combination.

make a script such as the following:

#!/bin/sh
ps -ef |less
read

chmod +x psscript.sh

And add/edit the entry to dtwmrc:
<Key>F1 root|icon|window|ifkey f.exec dtterm -e /path/tp/script/psscript.sh

I used the script to pause after executing "ps -ef" (or dtterm just
exits). There is very likely a more direct way to do so but this should
get things working. You may have to log off/on before the new F1 bind
will work but it's possible just restarting the workspace manager will
be sufficient.

Alex.