Document how to add custom keybindings with gsettings

[davidhedlund]

Via gsettings

Big thanks to cwendling:

$ gsettings set org.mate.control-center.keybinding:/org/mate/desktop/keybindings/custom0/ action 'pluma'
$ gsettings set org.mate.control-center.keybinding:/org/mate/desktop/keybindings/custom0/ name 'Pluma'
$ gsettings set org.mate.control-center.keybinding:/org/mate/desktop/keybindings/custom0/ binding '<Primary><Alt>p'

Via .override

• glib-compile-schemas doesn't compile relocatable schemas #562

Suggested source for documentation

• man mate-keybinding-properties?
• In mate-user-guide
• In the README or so in mate-settings-deamon

[cwendling]

$ gsettings set org.mate.control-center.keybinding:/org/mate/desktop/keybindings/custom0/ action 'pluma'
$ gsettings set org.mate.control-center.keybinding:/org/mate/desktop/keybindings/custom0/ name 'Pluma'
$ gsettings set org.mate.control-center.keybinding:/org/mate/desktop/keybindings/custom0/ binding '<Primary><Alt>p'

hint: having gnome in the schema path of a MATE setting usually means something's wrong 😉

[davidhedlund]

$ gsettings set org.mate.control-center.keybinding:/org/mate/desktop/keybindings/custom0/ action 'pluma' $ gsettings set org.mate.control-center.keybinding:/org/mate/desktop/keybindings/custom0/ name 'Pluma' $ gsettings set org.mate.control-center.keybinding:/org/mate/desktop/keybindings/custom0/ binding 'p'

• It is working in both Trisquel, and also Ubuntu MATE, you made my day!
• Your solution and using the mate-keybinding-properties GUI gave identical output from dconf watch / and gsettings list-recursively > file1 && read -p "Make your Gsettings modification and hit Enter to compare the values" && gsettings list-recursively > file2 && diff file1 file2 (none)
• Amazingly, I don't get a single exact match on gsettings set org.mate.control-center.keybinding on any web search.

How could I have found out that the proper scheme path was org.mate.control-center.keybinding?

[cwendling]

I have no idea, short of looking at the code… maybe if you have an idea of where it should be documented you could submit an improvement.

[davidhedlund]

I have no idea, short of looking at the code… maybe if you have an idea of where it should be documented you could submit an improvement.

Oh, that's cool!

I'd be super happy if you could document this for me as you seem to be involved with MATE. That will help a lot of people to script their keyboard shortcuts.

[cwendling]

I don't know if that would help a "lot" of people, but documenting stuff is usually good indeed. I however probably won't have time to spend on this, and I don't even know where to document this… possibly in mate-user-guide? Yet I'm not sure if something so technical fits there.
Or in a README or so in mate-settings-deamon, but who's gonna look?

[davidhedlund]

I don't know if that would help a "lot" of people, but documenting stuff is usually good indeed. I however probably won't have time to spend on this, and I don't even know where to document this… possibly in mate-user-guide? Yet I'm not sure if something so technical fits there. Or in a README or so in mate-settings-deamon, but who's gonna look?

Thank you very much again! Alright, do you think it would be useful to invite to this discussion to take a look?

[davidhedlund]

I just changed the title, can you please re-open?

[cwendling]

Sure. Maybe somebody else will chime in with more knowledge or any opinion on this.