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Add keyboard bindings #174
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Hello,
Thank you for this useful software. I've been using Mint for some time and I use this software at least every day!
I've actually been trying to replicate my vim environment everywhere as I go, especially the keyboard bindings. Is it possible to add customizations to keyboard shortcuts within the application?
Thanks
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cschreib commentedon Jul 18, 2018
You can change them by manually editing the
~/.config/xreader/accelsfile. Just locate the action you want to re-map, uncomment the line by removing the;, and change the value of the keyboard shortcut.<Primary>is theCtrlkey,<Shift>is theShiftkey.For example I wanted to change "Find previous" from
Ctrl+Shift+GtoShift+F3, so I changed the line:into:
After you have made the changes and saved the file, they will be applied to any new
xreaderwindow.wujastyk commentedon Nov 15, 2021
But even using the accels file, for example, to change GoNextPage & GoPreviousPage to Right and Left, respectively, these keystrokes (or the default ones) don't work if the display isn't showing Full Page. The minute you expand the display to, say, full width, the next and previous page keys don't work.
alainpannetier commentedon Feb 28, 2024
The changes in
~/.config/xreader/accelsare very short lived. A new version of the file is dumped each time Xreader is closed.Ths dump should only happen if no existing file is detected.
In effect shortcuts are not customisable.
nbuwe commentedon Apr 8, 2026
Latest Mint release and
~/.config/xreader/accelsis still overwritten (if it exists) each time xreader runs.