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Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 13:29:02 -0500
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Subject: Re: How can I assign a hotkey to run a cygwin/bash script?
From: Brian Mathis <brian DOT mathis AT gmail DOT com>
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On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Spiro Trikaliotis
<an-cygwin AT spiro DOT trikaliotis DOT net> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> * On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 12:07:37PM -0500 Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) =
[E] wrote:
>
>> I looked at the properties of shortcuts on my Desktop, in the Start Menu,
>> and in a directory outside of "C:\Documents and Settings" (the equivalent
>> of "c:\home\wrk"). =A0In none was the option to set a hotkey grayed out.
>
> They do not need to be grayed out: You can set these option.
> Unfortunately, they do not have any effect. This is something different.
>
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0I would think that
>> Windows keeps a table of hotkeys and shortcuts (not targets) and it looks
>> for the shortcut itself when you hit the hotkey so the shortcut's
>> contents can be read.
>
> Well, we can think about many things: However, this is not the way it
> works on Windows, obviously.


Windows keeps a systemwide table of hotkeys, and when one is pressed
Windows runs whatever is in the table as the target.  If the target is
a shortcut, it opens the shortcut.  If it's a document, it opens the
document.  Whatever the type of the file is that the target is
pointing to, Windows will execute it as if you had double-clicked on
the file.  The filetype must have a program associated with it in
order for it to launch correctly.

Even though there is a field in the shortcut property dialog box for
hot key, it is not tied to the shortcut at all.  When you set the
hotkey in a shortcut, it updates the systemwide table and that's it.


>> BTW, if assigning the hotkey after the shortcut is in "c:\home\wrk"
>> really doesn't work, I suspect that the Start Menu may.
>
> Yes, the start menu works. This was news for me, too. In quick start,
> it does not work, though.
>
> So, start menu and desktop work. Anything else? ;)
>
> Best regards,
> Spiro.

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