Re: [dev] [surf] next release

On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:04:48 -0400 (EDT)
Peter John Hartman <peterjohnhartman_AT_gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Wed, 21 Oct 2009, Anselm R Garbe wrote:
>
> > 2009/10/21 pancake <pancake_AT_youterm.com>:
> >> I always use shift+insert or middleclick for pasting, what's the
> >> unix way to paste?
> >> ^p is already supported in surf, and mozilla load pages if you
> >> paste them in the
> >> web canvas...so which is the 'correct' one? :)
> >>
> >> And yeah i didn't mention ^C^V because I never use them and can
> >> break other keybindings of the underlying app. Like the
> >> unix-editing for textentries on gtk
> >> apps, because ^W is the default keybinding for closing windows on
> >> Gnome apps.
> >
> > In dmenu we don't need to worry about other apps, because dmenu
> > grabs the keyboard and during the time until ungrabbing it we can
> > override any key combination we like. That's why I propose having a
> > Key interface in dmenu like in dwm that can be used to execute a
> > command to insert at current text position and good is. I prefer ^p
> > to Shift-Insert by default.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Anselm
> >
>
> Ctl-p is fine by me as long as it is established in config.h (i.e.\
> as long as the user has an easy chance at over-riding it).
>
> Peter
>

what about commandline flags? dmenu --bind ^p /path/to/script.sh --bind
shift-insert /path/to/other-script.sh

i like the general idea, though i'm not sure if it's worth the hassle
(bloat?).

Dieter
Received on Wed Oct 21 2009 - 17:08:54 UTC