variables (such as %U) to use in file associations and etc

[the dsc]

I was planning to configure my fluxbox keys to open kthesaurus/wordnet with the selected/clipboard text, but I do not know which variable I should use.

I think that %U is for files and %u is for directories, but besides that, I do not know of any other.

[Cabhan]

Er...I'm not sure what you mean.

The Fluxbox key config file is ~/.fluxbox/keys. The documentation for it is at:
http://www.fluxbox.org/docbook/en/html/c298.html

Can you be more specific on what exactly you're referring to? What variables? For what purpose?

[the dsc]

Thanks, but that doesn't have what I'm looking for... it probably has another thing I'm looking for anyway, a way to set some key binding for "page up"

I have in my keys file the following command (or something very similar to that):

control w :exec kthesaurus

That only opens the kthesaurus/wordweb, but with a blank field. If I knew the variable I want, the line would be:

control w :exec kthesaurus %x

(Where x stands for whichever letter it actually would be)

And then, whenever I select/copy to clipboard some word or expression and press control + w, kthesaurus would open with that text already entered. I know that it works, since if I call from the prompt line "kthesaurus bamboozle", it would open with the synonyms list for "bamboozle".

[Cabhan]

I think I understand what you're saying. You're looking for some variable that will be replaced with the text from the clipboard.

Unfortunately, I have no idea what that would be, and Google doesn't seem to present much. Maybe someone else will know.

[the dsc]

I've never found the variable I wanted, but I've found another dictionary with which I can make the same thing with the hotkey command being kdict --clipboard

Here's a link for more information about kdict and on how to make the hotkey for KDE. To fluxbox it's just the usual whichever-hotkey-you-want exec :kdict --clipboard.