Re: [dev] Re: [hackers] [dwm] Patch to confirm Shift-Alt-Q

From: Quolick <quolick_AT_conus.info>
Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2015 21:12:25 +0200

On Sun, Aug 09, 2015 at 08:32:51PM +0200, Anselm R Garbe wrote:
> On 9 August 2015 at 02:29, Markus Teich <markus.teich_AT_stusta.mhn.de> wrote:
> > Staven wrote:
> >> Now, trying to close a window and accidentally closing the WM instead,
> >> that happened to me an embarassing number of times.
> >> You could try binding quit to some even more exotic key combo,
> >> like Mod+Shift+BackSpace.
> > separating those two functions keyboard wise is indeed a pretty good solution,
> > which works for me since 2 years. Closing one window is on mod+shift+x and
> > closing all and dwm itself is on mod+shift+q. I never accidentally pressed the
> > wrong one I think.
>
> I don't really get what's the difference between Mod1+Shift+x and
> Mod1-Shift-c (default) in terms of accidentally pressing
> Mod1-Shift-q...
>
> Or in other words, where is the mental connection between q and c?

It's not easy to memorize, which shortcut is for close the current window (quit or close?)
and quit window manager (quit or close?)
Received on Sun Aug 09 2015 - 21:12:25 CEST