[pygtk] Re: adjust key bindings

[Fabian Braennstroem]

Hi, 

sorry, is that question to stupid or does nobody has a hint?


* On 14 Nov 2006 * Fabian Braennstroem wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I just start to use pygtk ... so it is just my first
> question :-)
> 
> I would like to create a small file manager based on 'lfm'
> (curses based file manager). I used glade for the gui and I
> am able to display the existing files and directories using
> two treeview widgets.
> Now, at the beginning I am kind of stuck with the key bindings. In 'lfm'
> it was pretty easy to define special key bindings:
> 
> 
>   keytable = {
>       # movement
>       ord('p'): 'cursor_up',
>       ord('k'): 'cursor_up',
>       ord('K'): 'cursor_up2',
>       ord('P'): 'cursor_up',
>       curses.KEY_UP: 'cursor_up',
>       ord('n'): 'cursor_down',
>       ord('j'): 'cursor_down',
>       ord('J'): 'cursor_down2',
>       ord('N'): 'cursor_down',
>       curses.KEY_DOWN: 'cursor_down',
>       curses.KEY_PPAGE: 'page_previous',
>       curses.KEY_BACKSPACE: 'page_previous',
>       0x08: 'page_previous',     # BackSpace
>       0x10: 'page_previous',     # Ctrl-P
>       curses.KEY_NPAGE: 'page_next',
>       ord(' '): 'page_next',
>       0x0E: 'page_next',         # Ctrl-N
>       curses.KEY_HOME: 'home',
>       0x16A: 'home',
>       ord('H'): 'home',
>       0x001: 'home',
>       curses.KEY_END: 'end',
>       ord('G'): 'end',
>       0x181: 'end',
>       0x005: 'end',
>       ord('h'): 'cursor_left',
>       ord('l'): 'cursor_right',
>       curses.KEY_LEFT: 'cursor_left',
>       curses.KEY_RIGHT: 'cursor_right',
>       ord('g'): 'goto_dir',
>       0x13: 'goto_file',         # Ctrl-S
>       0x14: 'tree',              # Ctrl-T
>       ord('0'): 'bookmark_0',
>       ord('1'): 'bookmark_1',
>       ...
> 
> 
> with such a keytable I am able to bind different 'def's to
> every existing key. As you can see, I like it a lot to use
> 'vim-like' keys for moving around; 'j' and 'k' to move a row
> up and down. In glade I found those 'accelerators', but it
> is just for certain functions.
> Does anyone have an idea about using such a keybinding in
> pygtk? Would be nice!
> 
 Greetings!
 Fabian