Mapping Keyboard Shortcuts in Easy Mode

These instructions will make it so that pressing Home+e will open the file manager, kind of like the way it works it Windows, as for the Windows explorer (file manager), but the principles can be used to map other key combinations.

Instructions:

  1. Open terminal window (Ctrl-Alt-t).
  2. Type or copy and paste (Shift-Insert) the text below into the terminal window
    mkdir /home/user/.icewm/

    (this makes a folder called .icewm; if the folder already exists you will just get an error message telling you this. The dot before icewm is important. Then press Enter

  3. Continuing in the terminal window, type or copy and paste the text below: 
    sudo cp /etc/X11/icewm/keys /home/user/.icewm/keys

    Then press Enter

  4. Continuing in the terminal window, type or copy and paste the text below: 
    sudo kwrite /home/user/.icewm/keys

    Then when editing this file (keys), in kwrite, add the line below, including the quotes: 

    key "XF86HomePage+e"		/usr/bin/XandrosFileManager

    Note: There are two tabs after the key combination like “XF86HomePage+e”. If “XF86HomePage+e” does not work for you, try other key combinations e.g. “Alt+Ctrl+e”, again with two following tabs.

  5. Save this file and close the text editor.
  6. Close the terminal window.
  7. Reboot.

This wiki was based on this thread on the Eee User Forum, as developed by richardkemp, NaeKid, cpo and Niel1952.