Version: (using KDE KDE 3.1) Installed from: Compiled From Sources OS: Linux I would be very nice if the user had the option to add a hotkey to launch a shell applicaiton. For instance, if you run xmms, you could have a hotkey set to run the console remote to change the state of xmms. I know there are a million apps out there to control xmms but that was just an example. This could be used to bind keys to applications that KDE will never support like IRAF for astronomical image reduction. Just something that I have been looking for for a while. I used to do this in WindowMaker and E, but then I switched to full KDE.
Run kmenuedit (rightclick on the K-Menu, and select Menu Editor), and assign keyboard shortcuts to various menu entries, and add new ones if you need. And since I see you compiled from sources, it may be easier for you to create only one in kmenuedit, and then go to ~/.kde/share/config/khotkeysrc, use the one action as a template, and add more actions, if you set MenuEntry=false, you can enter atritrary commands in Run=.
This might work, and probibly will since you do it, however, the general user will not know or want to go through that process. I am of course ok with it but my Mom would not. It seems to me that there should be a tab in the hotkey system to allow you to interactivly edit your hotkeyd generic programs.
It's there in CVS, thanks to Aaron Seigo.
I assigning keyboard shortcuts to applications to be more straightforward than a panel with shortcuts and "actions". Actually, I've just described kmenuedit...