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Date:      Thu, 23 Jul 2015 20:01:05 -0700
From:      David Benfell <benfell@parts-unknown.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: a couple of minor but annoying issues: mate-terminal and firefox
Message-ID:  <20150723200105.Horde.mFbPIFBnEpES9yqLMgwBx0J@mail.parts-unknown.org>
In-Reply-To: <20150723142012.1dba793e.freebsd@edvax.de>
References:  <20150722181114.Horde.CZ2ks0U4JAR-nKAr2SXroZz@mail.parts-unknown.org> <20150723033718.3539c5be.freebsd@edvax.de> <1437616894.14334.14.camel@michaeleichorn.com> <20150722201424.Horde.tSwESV8tPMqu-4RCOF84EzK@mail.parts-unknown.org> <20150723142012.1dba793e.freebsd@edvax.de>

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Quoting Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>:
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>
>> But what? And how would I find it?
>
> Modify ~/.xinitrc (or ~/.xsession) which determines that you're
> starting a Mate session. Have "exec xterm" your last entry in
> that file. Then after you log in, only an X terminal (without
> any window manager) will be displayed. Run "firefox" from that
> terminal and try Ctrl+K. Now _nothing_ could possibly intercept
> that key combination.

But it sure seems like something does. The specific combination, which=20=
=20
has=20always worked for me in the past, is control-T to open a new tab,=20=
=20
control-K=20to get to the web search field. This failure appears even=20=20
with=20firefox run as indicated above.

If, after opening the tab, I take care to click on the window,=20=20
control-K=20works again.

Thanks!


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