Gnome keyboard shortcuts and custom application launch shortcuts

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DEFAULT GNOME KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

Alt-tab: cycle through open apps Alt-F9: minimize the current app Ctrl-alt-d: minimize all apps

Alt-F1: opens the main menu Alt-F2: opens the run dialog (run an app or a terminal command) Alt-F3: ? Alt-F4: close the current app Alt-F5: restore the current app window to "normal" Alt-F6: cycle group? Alt-F7: begin move (use arrow keys) Alt-F8: begin resize (use arrow keys) Alt-F10: maximize current app window (or restore to "normal")

Alt-Space: Printscreen: screenshot of the whole display

Ctrl-Alt-Backspace: logs you out (normally just kills the X-Window session)

CONFIGURING GNOME KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

gconf-editor

apps -> metacity -> global_keybindings

Double click on switch_windows_backwards Type in Tab

Now you've made it so that you can cycle backwards as well as forwards!

apps -> metacity -> window_keybindings

Double click on switch_windows_backwards Type in Tab

CONFIGURING AN APPLICATION TO LAUNCH WITH HOT KEY COMBINATION

apps -> metacity -> keybinding_commands Double click on "command_1" Type in the command (name) of the application you want to start (launch) (e.g. gcalctool) Go to: apps -> metacity -> global keybindings Double click on "command_1" Type in c

My favorite apps and hotkeys NAME FUNCTION HOTKEYS firefox (swiftfox) web browser f opera web browser o filezilla gui ftp client i bluefish text/code editor b xterm command line n gcalctool calculator c nautilus window manager h