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Steps for creating a custom hotkey to launch any application in GNOME:

1. Open "gconf-editor" as the user as you're logged in in GNOME
2. Go to "apps", "metacity", "keybinding_commands"
3. Double click on e.g. "command_1"
4. Type in the name of the application you want to launch, e.g.
"gcalctool", the GNOME calculator
5. Go to "apps", "metacity", "global_keybindings"
6. Double click on e.g. "run_command_1"
7. Type in e.g. Control Alt c
8. Note the 'less than' and 'greater than' for the special function keys
9. DONE! Close the gconf-editor and press CTRL-ALT-c and the calculator
should come up

# posted by WebRink @ 11:02 PM