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Quick how-to to set custom shortcuts in gnome

I took this guide from here, but it's so usefull that I thought to reply it here. It works on gnome 2.22.3 for sure.

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 < and > for the special function keys
9. DONE! Close the gconf-editor and press CTRL-ALT-c and the calculator should come up