On Tuesday 04 December 2007 12:25:54 am Eero Tamminen wrote: > Hi, > > ext James Sparenberg wrote: > >> Press Home key and thumb the terminal you want from the window > >> list. (it would be nice if the terminal would e.g. show the > >> current directory name in the window title though) > > > > Not very practical actually. If the screen updates (which if say > > I'm compiling remotely it's constantly doing) then as soon as the > > home widget pops up it closes and you can't use it. (in full > > screen mode) plus to do this also requires that you > > > > 1. close the keyboard > > 2. put away the stylus > > 3. change hand position and minimize the screen > > The above steps are not needed. > > > 4. use home key open the list > > 5. change windows > > If you have the full screen finger keyboard open, you need > to press Home key twice (first press closes FKBD), otherwise > one Home key press is enough. > > > 6. re-maximize > > This step is not needed either. This is what I think you don't understand. Using the thumkeyboard in Xterm is a royal problem. It just doesn't work right, period, because you can't use it and see/read the screen at the same time. No cut and paste, and heaven help you if you are doing e-macs or vi ... because... depending on the remote system it often causes problems in that data previously entered gets lost due to focus change. James
