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Question: system dialog command #724

Closed shlozm closed 1 year ago

shlozm commented 1 year ago

Is there a command I can use in the terminal or a script to invoke the IceWM system dialog? The dialog that opens when pressing ctrl+alt+del or whatever is configured as KeySysDialog…

Searched all over and can’t seem to find what the command for that would be.

Thanks

gijsbers commented 1 year ago

xdotool key Ctrl+Alt+Delete

shlozm commented 1 year ago

OK thanks. I guess not. xdotool will do.

cheapy commented 1 year ago

shlozm, The time the Developers spend answering questions that were already answered is less time the have to fix bugs or develop new features.

You asked the same question on the antiX forum and the first answer there was to try xdotool. You might have searched for xdotool with your browser for xdotool examples and found out how to use it.

shlozm commented 1 year ago

I knew about xdotool, I always used that. However, the converted Chromebook I'm using now does nothing with xdotool key Ctrl+Alt+Delete, I think because the layout is chromebook and there's no delete key on a chromebook. Pressing ctrl+alt+backspace does bring up the dialog but xdotool wont even with xdotool key Control+Alt+Backspace. As a work around I ser KeySysDialog to Alt+Ctrl+x and xdotool key Control+Alt+x works, but I would rather still use Control+Alt+Backspace which is consistent with my muscle memory. Hence my question. All I wanted to know is if xdotool is the only way. If there's a command using icesh I figured someone here would know...