Tiny Core Linux

Tiny Core Base => TCB Talk => Topic started by: Guy on October 09, 2009, 01:02:42 AM

Title: Suggestion for flwm
Post by: Guy on October 09, 2009, 01:02:42 AM
In most operating systems, you can close a program by pressing alt-f4.

I think it would be a good idea to add this in flwm.
Title: Re: Suggestion for flwm
Post by: jls on October 09, 2009, 04:15:53 AM
I think alt+del is more logic
Title: Re: Suggestion for flwm
Post by: Guy on October 09, 2009, 04:42:10 AM
I should confess, I wasn't aware of that one.

As alt-f4 is used in most operating systems, that is what I tried, and it did not work.

I keep on learning.

Because it is different, new users won't be aware of it.
Title: Re: Suggestion for flwm
Post by: MikeLockmoore on October 09, 2009, 09:38:27 AM
Guy:  If you dig around in the forums, you'll find debate about the hotkeys... some people are familiar with Alt + F4 to close, but some people are used to it doing something else. 

What to do about this?  Adding a lot configurablity introduces complexities the Core Team would like to avoid in the base system, and any one set of hotkey behaviors is likely to be unfamiliar or contra-intuitive for at least part of the user base.  So there's no perfect solution.  I imagine that better documentation (Wiki?) and promotion of such might help.
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Mike L.
Title: Re: Suggestion for flwm
Post by: vinnie on October 09, 2009, 06:15:41 PM
mmm I feel the lack of alt+right_click to move windows and alt+left_click to resize  :D
Title: Re: Suggestion for flwm
Post by: MikeLockmoore on October 09, 2009, 08:49:19 PM
But there's all kinds of Ctrl+Alt key combinations.  8)  Check out the recent release announcements, if you haven't yet.
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ML
Title: Re: Suggestion for flwm
Post by: nickispeaki on October 13, 2009, 03:03:28 AM
and Alt+tab!

it's doesn't work too!  :o
Title: Re: Suggestion for flwm
Post by: MikeLockmoore on October 13, 2009, 08:56:55 AM
In flwm, as you may have found out, Alt + Tab brings up the system menu (same as right-clicking on the background).  When that is open, the next window in the sequence is highlighted.  So you can just press enter to raise and activate that window.  So Alt + Tab in something like windows can be done by Alt + Tab, (release), Enter in flwm.  Maybe not as convenient, but not bad either with a little practice
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Mike L.
Title: Re: Suggestion for flwm
Post by: nickispeaki on October 13, 2009, 01:33:20 PM
In flwm, as you may have found out, Alt + Tab brings up the system menu (same as right-clicking on the background).  When that is open, the next window in the sequence is highlighted.  So you can just press enter to raise and activate that window.  So Alt + Tab in something like windows can be done by Alt + Tab, (release), Enter in flwm.  Maybe not as convenient, but not bad either with a little practice
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Mike L.

pacticullary it works that way, but in opera it works terrible! it switches me in other field of current window instead other application. it's so unusually!