Re: [dev] [surf] next release

On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 1:08 PM, Dieter Plaetinck <dieter_AT_plaetinck.be>wrote:

> 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
>
>
A config.h approach seems best here, dmenu already does that for defaults
and
it could be inconsistent if the calling app chose demnu's bindings rather
than
dmenu choosing for itself.
Received on Wed Oct 21 2009 - 18:39:34 UTC