key bindings

[agent_kith]

Daphile has key bindings and is LMS based.... otherwise I can't find anything specific for LMS.....it's all android apps for phones :-(  Just what you need in the workshop when your phone's 2 layers down under your overalls and your hands are covered in grease n dirt !! 
"We don't need no stinkin' app....just gimme a button !"

How about a simple infrared control...?  This one's for a Pi but is said to work with most Linux and LMS....
http://dabdig.blogspot.co.nz/2014/08/inf...n-rpi.html

Is that do-able ?

Anything is doable.

To be honest, wouldn't home automation be a good idea? Just shout the commands out.. But then you have to shout louder than the power tools. 

I'm pretty sure there already is a CLI client for LMS.. I'd search for one when I have more time on my hands...

In the mean time, MPD/ncmpc can almost do all you need...