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Details on push-to-talk keyboard shortcut using xbindkeys

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A quick guide to setting up keyboard shortcuts for a push-to-talk microphone.

Install xbindkeys:
```
sudo apt install xbindkeys
```

Find the required keycode for xbindkeys:

touch $HOME/.xbindkeysrc
xbindkeys --key

Find the keycode for using with xset:
```
 xmodmap -pk | grep -i pause
```
Create xbindkeys config file:

This keyshortcut setup disables repeat for Pause using xset and then sets the default source to unmute on Pause key press and mute on Pause key release, I also setup for convenience Scroll_Lock to toggle mute.
```
vim $HOME/.xbindkeysrc

"xset -r 127 && pactl set-source-mute @DEFAULT_SOURCE@ 0"
  Pause
"pactl set-source-mute @DEFAULT_SOURCE@ 1"
  Pause + release
"pactl set-source-mute @DEFAULT_SOURCE@ toggle"
  Scroll_Lock
```
Note: You can change @DEFAULT_SOURCE@ to specific source name or index.
To test config re-start xbindkeys:
```
pkill xbindkeys && xbindkeys
```

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