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How to map F14, F15, and F16 to Exposé, Dashboard, etc.
Authored by: Alpha Centauri on Aug 11, '05 02:30:31PM

I preferred Dashboard to activate using the only key I absolutely never ever use: the one right below escape (can't type the symbol any more, it activates Dashboard...). You can get the values for almost any key with this program: http://www.prefab.com/uibrowser/ , follow the steps explained at the end of their support page ("How do I create scripts to send keyboard shortcuts?") in order to get the right keystroke value. Then simply replace the appropriate value in the symbolichotkeys file with the key code you get from UI Browser.



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How to map F14, F15, and F16 to Exposé, Dashboard, etc.
Authored by: taxi on Aug 12, '05 06:23:13AM

Um, so you don't do much bash programming then. Backticks are actually quite useful - you can use them to cause a program to be executed, and the result be embedded in a more complex command.



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Authored by: sjk on Aug 13, '05 06:38:29PM

And command-` is the long-popular and convenient shortcut for cycling windows in most apps.

I normally use backticks in interactive shells but prefer using "$(...)" in scripts because they're easier to nest (and read, IMO).



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