I'm running XFCE instead of GNOME 3 because of GNOME 3's vertical workspace changing behavior. You see, I edit video in Cinelerra and have the Program timeline, Resource and Viewer windows in one monitor and the Compositor in the right monitor. Also, I use NVidia drivers in Twinview mode. So for this video editing layout, I need the old GNOME2 horizontal workspaces. GNOME3 breaks up the left and right monitor when you switch workspaces and you can only switch workspace vertically using CTRL-ALT-Up/Down. Dumb.
Anyway, ALT-PRINT did not work in XFCE. Reading here said it might have been a problem with multiple lines in .config/
Reviewing that file, indeed I find multiple lines referencing the same keys (some under a "default" section, some lines under a "custom" section). So I edited the file to remove the duplicate references and saved only those with my custom keyboard shortcuts. My edits to get xfce-screenshooter to bind with both PrtScn and Alt-PrtScn ended looking like this:
<property name="Print" type="string" value="xfce4-screenshooter -f"/>
<property name="<Alt>Print" type="string" value="xfce4-screenshooter -w"/>
After removing the multiple entries for the Print key and restarting XFCE, I had my keyboard shortcuts back! Yay!
Also, while reading that article, I noticed another user had a secondary problem that I had where the logout button for Xfce doesn't have the startup/shutdown option. So here, it look like the problem might have been with xfce4-session. I noticed I didn't have this program installed, so I installed it. And now, I am happily running with a proper logout window:
Lastly, you can also customize what is displayed in the Log Out dialog using syntax like this:
xfconf-query -c xfce4-session -np '/shutdown/ShowSuspend' -t 'bool' -s 'false'
This edits the settings in this file:
.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-session.xml
So you see, this is why Linux is a pain in the ass. You want to do something simple and basic stuff like screenshotting and shutdown/restart and power management is not installed by default or doesn't work.
This edits the settings in this file:
.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-session.xml
So you see, this is why Linux is a pain in the ass. You want to do something simple and basic stuff like screenshotting and shutdown/restart and power management is not installed by default or doesn't work.
argh!
sodo
Reference
http://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=4781
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