No easy way to rebind "switch to the side pane" from <Ctrl><Space>

[Sparhawk]

Expected behaviour
I want to rebind "switch to the side pane" from <Ctrl><Space>, as this keybinding is already used on my system (to bind my dropdown terminal, guake).

Observed behaviour
As per the FAQ, I added `gtk-can-change-accels = 1` to `~/.gtkrc-2.0`, which allowed me to change keybindings in general, but this "switch to the side pane" doesn't appear to be in any menu. In addition, I couldn't find any reference to this function in ~/.config/zim/accelmap (which was already populated for me).

Suggested alternatives
Have a default accelmap that includes *all* options. Alternatively, create a "change keyboard shortcuts" window within zim.

In the meantime, could you please tell me if there is a manual fix that I can apply to accelmap?

Cheers.

zim 0.60
Kubuntu 13.04
DEBUG: Gtk version is (2, 24, 17)
DEBUG: Pygtk version is (2, 24, 0)

[Jaap Karssenberg (jaap.karssenberg)]

This keybinding is one of two exceptions that do not appear in the
accelerator list. Will look into fixing that. To make a quick hack edit
zim/gui/__init__.py and look for the method "do_preferences_changed" around
line 2450.

You can enable Alt-Space for the same action in the preferences - edift the
config file and enable "toggle_on_altspace".

Regards,

Jaap

On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 8:26 AM, Sparhawk <email address hidden>wrote:

> Public bug reported:
>
> Expected behaviour
> I want to rebind "switch to the side pane" from <Ctrl><Space>, as this
> keybinding is already used on my system (to bind my dropdown terminal,
> guake).
>
> Observed behaviour
> As per the FAQ, I added `gtk-can-change-accels = 1` to `~/.gtkrc-2.0`,
> which allowed me to change keybindings in general, but this "switch to the
> side pane" doesn't appear to be in any menu. In addition, I couldn't find
> any reference to this function in ~/.config/zim/accelmap (which was already
> populated for me).
>
> Suggested alternatives
> Have a default accelmap that includes *all* options. Alternatively, create
> a "change keyboard shortcuts" window within zim.
>
> In the meantime, could you please tell me if there is a manual fix that
> I can apply to accelmap?
>
> Cheers.
>
> zim 0.60
> Kubuntu 13.04
> DEBUG: Gtk version is (2, 24, 17)
> DEBUG: Pygtk version is (2, 24, 0)
>
> ** Affects: zim
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>
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[Sparhawk (sparhawkthesecond)]

Thanks for that. I'm happy enough with alt+space, so I just changed the prefs.

I see now that you've removed this as default because of user conflicts, but I noted that alt+space is still listed as an appropriate shortcut here:
http://zim-wiki.org/manual/Help/Menu_Items.html

Also, it's not relevant to me directly, as I'm happy with alt+space, but I wasn't sure if you were referring to
  /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/zim/gui/__init__.py
or
  /usr/share/pyshared/zim/gui/__init__.py

Cheers.