Can I use a custom shortcut to echo a letter or string?

Asked May 09 '13 at 03:40

Active May 09 '13 at 17:37

Viewed 88 times

What I want is when I type something like Ctrl+Shift+Alt+A it echoes "5" (Just as an example). Like I go to Keyboard > Shortcuts > Custom Shortcuts click the "+" and I type in the name of the shortcut and then I write the command. In terminal I can write (Just an example): echo ᚠ or I could write (again just an example): cat Desktop/letter.txt

The "echo" command just echoes the letter. The "cat" command echoes the contents of the file. But it seems to only work if I write it in the terminal (The command works. Not the shortcut).

How can I create a shortcut that echoes/prints a letter on where I want to write it so I don't have to write unicode like U+16a1 or something but only have to press ALT or CTRL and a letter?

I have 13.04

edited May 09 '13 at 17:32

asked May 09 '13 at 03:40

Angus

Does AutoKey work for you? See this (possible duplicate) Q: How do I assign a string as a keyboard shortcut? – gertvdijk May 09 '13 at 17:46
1

Any suggestions how to solve this problem without AutoKey on Ubuntu 14.04? – niekas Feb 19 '15 at 21:53

Can I use a custom shortcut to echo a letter or string?

0 Answers0