On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Donald Allen<donaldcal...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Julien Pecqueur > (JPEC)<j...@julienpecqueur.com> wrote: >> I think the ctrl+alt combinaison suck : you need two hands for killing a >> client... > > Not so, at least on my IBM keyboards and Thinkpad laptop keyboards. > Left pinky and thumb on ctrl and alt, 2nd (pointer) finger on c.
Oops -- forgot 4th finger on shift. This is not difficult for me, but I am a pianist, so might not work well for others. > >> Alt is better (Windows key too). > > Not all keyboards have the Windows key. If I had such a keyboard, I > agree, I'd use that key. > >> Finally a dwm user should don't use suck - more application wich use the alt >> key ! ^^ > > You mean like Firefox? Thunderbird? Gnumeric? etc.? This would save a > lot of power, because the computer would be useless and thus I > wouldn't turn it on. > > >> >> JPEC >> >> Donald Allen <donaldcal...@gmail.com> a écrit : >> >>>I think the default key bindings for dwm are a unfortunate in some >>>cases. For example, alt-f, a natural choice for *f*loat mode, >>>conflicts with pulling down the File menu in many applications from >>>the keyboard. alt-T similarly conflicts with using the Tools menu in >>>Firefox from the keyboard. >>> >>>I realize that these bindings can be changed. But that requires some >>>work (and knowledge of C) on the part of the user. I'm talking about >>>the choice of the defaults. Perhaps the keys modified by alt should >>>instead be modified by ctrl-alt by default? And similarly, alt-shift >>>-> ctrl-alt-shift? I am going to test this idea by modifying my setup. >>>I'll let you know how it works out. >>> >>>/Don >>> >> >
