Re: [wmii] new (consistent) keybindings in the hg repo

sorry if this has been discussed somewhere else and i've missed it,
but does this mean there's no longer going to be a way to resize
windows with the keyboard?

i want to use wmii under X11.app on OSX as a kind of uber-terminal;
but with my Powerbook trackpad, i can't get a right-click (emulated
with Command-click) without also making alt-click emulate
middle-click, so there's no way for me to do the alt-right-click
necessary to resize with the mouse cursor.

so please tell me that $MODKEY-Shift-Control-hjkl are going to be
resize keys, or whatever, and it's just currently unimplemented :)

lawrence

On 4/10/06, Sander van Dijk <a.h.vandijk_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello list, and especially those using -current,
>
> For some time, the default keybindings have been inconsistent, because
> new one were added and old ones changed as the new features demanded.
> At some point it is time to apply some structure to the chaos though,
> and today is that time: I just pushed some new bindings to hg.
>
> Currently, there are three main types of actions in wmii:
> - selection
> - sending to
> - swapping with
>
> With the new bindings, each of these types will have it's own modifier
> combination:
> - selection -> $MODKEY
> - sending to -> $MODKEY-Shift
> - swapping with -> $MODKEY-Control
>
> this result in the following list of bindings:
>
> 1. selection ($MODKEY):
> - selection of areas:
> * prev, next, toggle -> h,l,space
> - selection of clients:
> * next, prev -> j,k
> - selection of column mode:
> * default, stacking, max -> d,s,m
> - selection of things through menus:
> * progs, actions, tags -> p,a,t
> - direct selection of tags:
> * 0-9 -> 0-9
> - direct selection of progs:
> * x -> xterm
>
> 2. send to ($MODKEY-Shift):
> - send to area:
> * prev, next, toggle, new, oblivion (= close) -> h,l,space,n,c
> - send to something through menu:
> * tags -> t
> - directly send to view (= set tag):
> * 0-9 -> 0-9
>
> 3. swap with ($MODKEY-Control):
> - swap with client:
> * prev, next, up, down -> h,l,k,j
>
> This involves these changes (old -> new):
>
> $MODKEY-n -> $MODKEY-Shift-n
> $MODKEY-Control-c -> $MODKEY-Shift-c
> $MODKEY-Control-{a,p,t} -> $MODKEY-{a,p,t}
> (and because of this: $MODKEY-t -> $MODKEY-x)
> Besides this, the prefix of the sendto and swap hjkl bindings is be reversed, to
> make sendto prev/next consistent with the other sendto's.
> Also, the direct bindings for wmiirc and quit have been removed, a quit action
> has been added to the actions menu instead.
>
> Most of the basic navigation stay's untouched this way, things are
> consistent, and some often used bindings require less modifiers; an
> overall gain, although this will require some relearning. I'm still getting used
> to it myself, but I'm sure in a week or so we will all be happy with
> the consistency
> this provides.
>
> Greetings, Sander.
>
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Received on Wed Apr 12 2006 - 06:06:17 UTC