On 7/15/05, Daniel Roesen <dr@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Please actually read what I was replying to before jumping in. I've read every post in this "discussion", some with amusement, some with incredulity. Mostly with a mounting irritation. > > I really think you should try this before dismissing it. I have a key > > combination (alt-esc, in case you're wondering), that I use to open a > > new terminal. It works no matter what application has focus. > > And now you're working with an application that needs this key > combination in your terminal, or in the application itself. What now? *If* that were to happen (and it never has), I can quite easily remap the key combo. > > > Yes, but I need to grab the mouse anyway to position the new terminal > > > window where I need it. > > > > Ummm... no you don't. Open the new shell (with a key combination), > > then use alt-F7 to move the window (with the cursor keys). > > It takes 4 seconds to move a window in Y axis and 6 seconds in X axis > here with that method. Moving window with cursor keys... sorry, don't > have time and nerve for that game. :-) Try pressing the shift key. > > Very efficient, and no need to take my hands off the keyboard! > > I'm already in your step4 when you're still working your cursor keys. > Really. You won't beat left-hand-on-keyboard (for ALT to move the > window) and right-on-mouse raising and moving the term. :-) > > The time it takes for your method to open up a new term and move it into > the right lower corner here takes TEN SECONDS. Mine takes less than two. > Try it. :-) Using shift, I can throw a window into any corner of the screen in no time. The point is -- /there's more than one way to do it/, whatever /it/ is. That's the beauty of Linux. Taking examples to ridiculous extremes doesn't help prove a point. -- Ben Steeves _ bcs@xxxxxxxxxx The ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) ben.steeves@xxxxxxxxx against HTML e-mail X GPG ID: 0xB3EBF1D9 http://www.metacon.ca/bcs / \ Yahoo Messenger: ben_steeves -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
