[wmii] Fwd: Re: wmii post from perl@gmx.org requires approval

Hi,

On Thu, Apr 06, 2006 at 11:22:43AM +0200, wmii-owner_AT_wmii.de wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Apr 2006 08:41:14 +0200, "Anselm R. Garbe" <garbeam_AT_wmii.de> said:
> > On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 12:01:49PM -0700, Suraj N. Kurapati wrote:
> >> # SHORTCUTS
> >> +
> >> +# wmii +shortcut_reloadConfig=$MODKEY-Control-w,y
> >> +shortcut_quit=$MODKEY-Control-q,y
>
> > Sorry, this looks much more cumbersome to me. In the old way I see
> > exactly what happens if a specific shortcut is reported by /event in
> > wmiirc, with this approach wether I trust the variable name or I
> > have to recheck... you have much overhead in maintaining this in my
> > eyes...
>
> Hint: SPOT-rule (Single point of truth)
>
> I know at least three people who looked at the wmiirc and said it is
> shit. And -as it is very likely lots of people will look at the
> scripts-, we should try to make every effort to keep them clean and
> consistent.
>
> So please consider a way to have keycodes/shurtcuts without having to
> define them on two distinct places.

If someone presents a nice idea which works with sh, maybe in
conjunction with awk, I'm open to do it. Otherwise blame X that
it needs to grab shortcuts and there is no portable way to get
keyboard events in any other way.

Regards,

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