Extensive Keyboard Shortcuts in Gnome

Many people are aware that they can edit basic keyboard shortcuts in Gnome via System >> Preferences >> Keyboard Shortcuts. I'm going to show you how to create shortcuts to any application you desire.

Ok lets start off by opening the terminal (No don't worry it's not a difficult process you'll need to use the terminal only to open your gconf-editor). Next type gconf-editor and hit enter. Next navigate to apps >> metacity >> global_keybindings. It should look like this:

Now you can simply edit the run_command to anything you like (the shortcut). In the example I used alt+g, note that you need to physically type the brackets in yourself. You can use abbreviations such as ctl or ctrl instead of control. All you need to do now is go to keybinding_commands just below global_keybindings and add the application you want corresponding to your shortcut keys. I used alt+g for Gaim as you'll see in the example.

And that's all there is too it!