Am Tue, 10 Dec 2013 08:57:22 -0600 schrieb Nate Bargmann <n...@n0nb.us>:
> * On 2013 10 Dec 07:41 -0600, FS wrote: > > Another proposal would be <CTRL>+F1 to toggle through the modes. > > That would be compatible to other programms. We should include all > > modes to toggle through for normal qso mode. > > Except that X desktop window managers grab the Ctl-Fx keys for desktop > switching. Asking users to disable those keys in their window manager > may be too much. Alt-Fx keys are also often in use for various > desktop functions. There is another problem with the CTRL-Fx keys. They are not supported on most terminal emulators. (And there are some other limitations on possible key combinations as well.) You can simply try it: Type 'cat<enter>' in your terminal and then press the different key combinations. Fx and CTRL-Fx produces the same key sequences on most terminals. I know it is different in graphical mode, but tlf is a console mode application. 73, de Tom DL1JBE > > On the Linux console the Ctl-Fx keys may be available but the console > driver uses Alt-Fx for virtual console switching. It seems that use > of either Ctl-Fx or Alt-Fx are problematic. > > Using something like :CW or :LSB seems not a great burden unless one > would be switching modes with every QSO. Using the leading colon in > the call field informs the key stroke parser that a command is > following. > > I'm not a high speed op, so I may be far off base! > > 73, de Nate >> > -- "Do what is needful!" Ursula LeGuin: Earthsea -- _______________________________________________ Tlf-devel mailing list Tlf-devel@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/tlf-devel
