X Northern Captain Hot Keys

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X Northern Captain has many hot keys for its actions and these hot keys can be easily redefined with 'xncsetup' program or manually by editing '.xnc/.xnc.keys' file in HOME directory. Each action can have up to three key combinations. Format of key definition is simple:

    Modifier+Key1;Modifier+Key2;Modifier+Key3;

Where:

  • Modifier- Shift, Ctrl or Alt word which mean Shift or Control or Alt keys. This field can be empty (no modifier and no '+').
  • Key - Key representation in X format but without 'XK_' prefix.

Now show real '.xnc.keys' file with full list of functions and keys definitions:

#Cursor moving
MoveUp : Up;
MoveDown: Down;
MoveLeft: Left;
MoveRight: Right;

#Here we define keys for 'execute;background execute;commandline insertion;'
Execute: Return;Shift+Return;Ctrl+Return;

#Select/deselect current file
ManualSelectFile: Insert;KP_Insert;

#Start Man page window
ManPage: F1;

#Show User Menu
UserMenu: F2;

#Launching Viewer/Editor with current file
ViewFile: F3;Next;
EditFile: F4;End;

#File manipulation
CopyFile: F5;
MoveFile: F6;
MakeDir: F7;
DelFile: F8;Delete;
AttributeFile: F9;
ChangeOwner: Shift+F9;

#No comments
Quit: F10;

#Show running processes
KillMenu: F11;

#Switch between two panels
SwitchPanels: Tab;

#Switch to Terminal window and again to panels
SwitchToTerm: Escape;Ctrl+o;

#Reread current directory
RereadDir: Ctrl+r;

#Invert/select/deselect selected/deselected files
InvertMaskSelection: KP_Multiply;
AddMaskSelection: KP_Add;
DelMaskSelection: KP_Subtract;

#Find files using 'find'
FindFile: Ctrl+f;

#Switch on/off QuickDir mode and show QD window
QuickDir: Ctrl+q;

#Show memory information
MemoryInfo: Ctrl+m;

#Print current file using 'lpr'
Print: Ctrl+F9;

#Same as View but when using IVES show file in ASCII mode
#not as image if it is.
SimpleView: Shift+F3;

#Show list of mounting devices and remount one.
RemountList: Ctrl+F1;

#Try to remount current device
RemountCurrent: Shift+F1;

#Create new file for edit
NewFileEdit: Shift+F4;

#Show disk summary information
DiskInfo: Ctrl+l;

#Command line actions
#Work with xnc command line and allow to list history
#and edit typed command in panel mode
CmdLineCommandUp: Shift+Up;Ctrl+e;
CmdLineCommandDown: Shift+Down;
CmdLineCommandLeft: Shift+Left;
CmdLineCommandRight: Shift+Right;

#Bookmark operations
AddtoBookMark: Ctrl+b;
SwitchToBook1: Alt+1;
SwitchToBook2: Alt+2;
SwitchToBook3: Alt+3;
SwitchToBook4: Alt+4;
SwitchToBook5: Alt+5;
SwitchToBook6: Alt+6;
SwitchToBook7: Alt+7;
SwitchToBook8: Alt+8;
SwitchToBook9: Alt+9;
DelCurrentBook: Alt+Delete;

This is default keys to actions translation file. If You want to redefine it use 'xncsetup' and choose 'Keys' folder.

Author Leonid V. Khramov
leo@pop.convey.ru
St-Petersburg
Russia
1997