On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Scytrin dai Kinthra<scyt...@gmail.com> wrote: > I work on a wide variety of platforms and keyboards and I find the windows > key prevalent enough to have it as my MODKEY. I even have the menu key > wired to dmenu in xbindkeys for conveniance. > However I do have dmenu and a few other commands I find indesposable setup > to use Shift|Mod1 when I am on older thinkpads or keyboards without Super. I > am usually not on the platform long enough to warrant a full conversion.
My issue may boil down to using newish Thinkpads mostly on the desktop with old IBM keyboards (in a tray below the desktop, together with a real mouse) and so don't often have access to a keyboard with the Windows key. > Additionally, the programs you mention tend to have shortcuts in combination > with Control, and I use those rather than digging through menus. True, but I don't always remember which have keyboard shortcuts, which don't, and if they do, what they are. The menubar and its alt- shortcuts is visible, so no memory issue. > > The only real grump I have when it comes to dwm is lack of state > manipulation or information display, like awesome or musca. Which would > allow me to use different xbindkey configs dependant on the peripheral's > capabilities. > > -- > stadik.net > > On Jul 22, 2009 8:20 AM, "Donald Allen" <donaldcal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Donald Allen<donaldcal...@gmail.com> > wrote: > On Wed, Jul 22, 2009... > > 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 k...
