Re: [dev] dwm default bindings

On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 05:22:22PM -0400, Donald Allen wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 3:25 PM, Michael<misha_AT_netspark.org> wrote:
> > Donald Allen wrote:
> >> I realize that these bindings can be changed. But that requires some
> >> work (and knowledge of C) on the part of the user. I'm talking about
> >> the choice of the defaults. Perhaps the keys modified by alt should
> >> instead be modified by ctrl-alt by default? And similarly, alt-shift
> >> -> ctrl-alt-shift? I am going to test this idea by modifying my setup.
> >> I'll let you know how it works out.
> >
> > ctrl-alt, alt-shift, ctrl-shift non-english speaking people usually use
> > those keys for layout change, win-key is perfect solution, but not all
> > keyboards have those.
> > there is no default keys to satisfy even majority, i think, so why
> > bother, if majority will have to edit those keys anyway.
>
> I don't buy that argument. Why not pick the set of defaults that
> satisfies the largest minority?
>
> I've changed my own setup to just map the alt-<non-numeric> bindings
> to ctrl-alt-<non-numeric>. The alt-<numeric> bindings remain the same,
> as do the alt-shift-<anything> bindings. The ones I've changed are
> rarely used, at least by me, and remove the conflicts with things I
> *do* use, such as alt-f in Firefox, Thunderbird, and anything else
> with a File menu. So it's a pretty minimal change that's better for
> me.
>
> /Don
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Or why not just keep the same defaults that have been there for years?
Received on Wed Jul 22 2009 - 21:46:38 UTC