On Thu, 2002-10-10 at 00:01, Thomas Dodd wrote: > > > Rene Rask wrote: > > Does anybody actually use that anyway. And why is it there. I can move > > and resize windows by using the borders of the windows. Just like every > > other os. > > Unless the borders are hidden. I guess windomanages shouldn't shade > when you double click the title bar. They should xy-max/restore > like windows, right? I don't mind either way. That has never been consistent on any platform all OS's do that in a different way. Different versions of the same os even does it in different ways. Not a showstopper. The one thing that is consistent is that you can use the top bar to move the windows and the sides and/or the button right to resize it. So I don't use anything else because I know it will work. The rest is just annoying when I do it by accident. > > Yes it works both ways. But I much prefer speed in an application over > > being able to use a shortcut that is only linux related to move windows. > > People working in complex apps know what I mean. > > Try using Photoshop for Mac and Windows. What was the switch... > I think it was Ctrl-> Alt, and Apple->Ctrl. Sorry. I don't consider photoshop a complex app. But since apple has forced it users to have only one mouse button they need the extra buttons even more. > > Alt-mb1 and several others are a legacy. I would be please if they were > > removed. It's just a thing from when linux desktops where used by > > programmers which do not use the mouse for anything else that moving > > I could say the same for windows shortcuts. They are just "legacy" > Why Ctrl+V instead of Ctrl+Y (ala emacs)? And the Home and End Linux has no problems with ctrl+c or v. Maybe emacs does. Never used it. That seems to be a standard across most platforms. (i think apple uses the apple key instead though) > keys are a long ways off, why not use Ctrl+A and Ctrl+E? > How often do you need "Select All"? I often use select all in windows but since its not there in linux I don't use it. I think there are plenty of shortcuts which are unnessary. Most of which are rarely used anyways. (I know a lot of windows shortcuts that most people newer knew they could use.) But forcing _locked_ unchangeable shortcuts down my throat is one of the reasons why I switched to working on linux. I don't wish to swallow that pill again. -Rene
