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On Ubuntu 11.10, using GNOME Shell, I find myself using the "Looking Glass" JavaScript Console very much. I know how to assign desktop shortcuts in general; but, this seems a little unusual.

Instead of typing Alt+F2lgEnter, I'd like to assign a shortcut key to perform this. However, shortcuts normally require a command file and there's the rub. I am unaware of a command file for the looking glass tool.

How can I set a keyboard shortcut to perform the Alt+F2lgEnter keystrokes?

Clarification: Instead of pressing a 4-key sequence, I want to use a 1-key shortcut to invoke lg.

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You can use this GNOME extension to assign a keyboard shortcut to activate looking-glass.

By default, it uses Super+ X to activate looking-glass but you can configure that keyboard shortcut.

Alternatively, you can use the command to activate looking-glass and bind it to a specific keyboard shortcut. 

gdbus call --session --dest org.gnome.Shell --object-path /org/gnome/Shell --method org.gnome.Shell.Eval 'Main.lookingGlass.toggle();'
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This answer probably doesn't solve the problem. See comments for details.

You can run any command by setting a custom command. To be precise you won't set a keyboard shortcut to perform Alt+F2lgEnter, but to run the command lg.

This question explains how to do so: How to bind custom commands to keyboard shortcuts?

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  • I don't see how this answers my question. Technically, there is no lg command. If there were, it'd be a cinch using the technique described.
    – TheGeeko61
    Dec 30, 2011 at 19:43
  • If there's no lg command, then what does Alt-F2 execute?
    – ams
    Dec 30, 2011 at 19:57
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    lg is internal to Alt-F2. When I say that it is not a command, I am referring to the fact that one cannot go to a plain terminal (i.e., console) and type lg. There is no command file which executes in response to that entry on the command line.
    – TheGeeko61
    Dec 30, 2011 at 23:02
  • Ah sorry, I didn't know that. I thought ALT+F2 just executes commands.
    – lumbric
    Dec 31, 2011 at 17:18
  • You can run lg from a plain terminal if you turn it on: see askubuntu.com/a/118642/6161.
    – David Oneill
    Apr 3, 2012 at 19:43

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