[mythtv-users] Keyboard-shortcut to change display?

Chris Adams rocket at extremelan.net
Wed Oct 6 03:52:40 UTC 2010


On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 2:19 AM, Sven Bretfeld <sven.bretfeld at gmx.ch> wrote:
> Hello to all
>
> Is there a way to define a keyboard-shortcut to change the display
> homing Mythfrontend in a dual-head environment?
>
> I often switch between the right and left monitor depending on what I'm
> doing while mythtv provides some background amusements. At the moment I
> always have to interrupt the program and enter the settings. There must
> be a more convenient way.
>
> Thanks for a hint,
>
> Sven

Have you looked into something like wmctrl?

It might be possible to make a script which swaps the window to the
other monitor. Then you could bind something on your keyboard (eg. an
unused media key) to run the script..

Take a look at this for a starting point
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-522523.html

Cheers
Chris


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