Re: Standardization of Function Keys

2012-07-12 Thread Adam Tauno Williams
On Thu, 2012-07-12 at 09:14 -0400, Jasper St. Pierre wrote: > On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 8:49 AM, Trans wrote: > > A long time ago I used an early DOS-based application, I believe it > > was a spreadsheet, but I do not recall the exact program at this > > point. However I do recollect the interface

Re: Standardization of Function Keys

2012-07-12 Thread Florian Müllner
On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Trans wrote: > I have always wanted to see a window manager that provided the same > functionality. When pressing F1 the first menu would drop down --in > modern applications this is typically the `File` menu. Independently from whether this is a good idea or not,

Re: Standardization of Function Keys

2012-07-12 Thread Jasper St. Pierre
On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 8:49 AM, Trans wrote: > Hi-- > > I am new to the list and am a recent convert to Gnome 3. Out of all > the latest DE's I've used (which is just about all of them) I think it > is clearly the stand-out. Thanks for all the hard work! > > I have joined the mailing list b/c I w

Standardization of Function Keys

2012-07-12 Thread Trans
Hi-- I am new to the list and am a recent convert to Gnome 3. Out of all the latest DE's I've used (which is just about all of them) I think it is clearly the stand-out. Thanks for all the hard work! I have joined the mailing list b/c I would like to make a (serious) suggestion. A long time ago