Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 18:21:00 +0200 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr> To: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: overclocking and freebsd Message-ID: <20020422182100.C84821@lpt.ens.fr> In-Reply-To: <p05111711b8e9927bafbb@[10.0.1.38]>; from brad.knowles@skynet.be on Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 12:17:23PM %2B0200 References: <20020418110814.A64286@lpt.ens.fr> <20020418053829.X96787-100000@pogo.caustic.org> <20020419080009.L30474@canyon.nothing-going-on.org> <20020421214219.GA4662@lpt.ens.fr> <p05111708b8e8ed27ed64@[10.0.1.38]> <20020422055100.GA4956@lpt.ens.fr> <p05111711b8e9927bafbb@[10.0.1.38]>
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Brad Knowles said on Apr 22, 2002 at 12:17:23: > > Holding down alt, and pressing tab > > repeatedly, goes through the stack until you get the window you want. > > Well, there would be <command>-<tab> to move forward by > application, <command>-<shift>-<tab> to move backward by application, > and then you would also need <command>-<option>-<tab> and > <command>-<option>-<shift>-<tab> to move forward and backward by > window within the application. At least, you'd need these options in > the current methodology, which would have the advantage of being > relatively context-free. Well, I can only talk about my usual work pattern. alt-shift-tab is too contorted a handmovement to do on a regular basis. However, I usually access 2-3 windows regularly, and have 3-4 other windows open which I don't access all that often. So, I can always get to the "regularly used" windows with one or two alt-tabs. With the rarely used ones, I need to press tab several times while holding down alt, but since I rarely use those windows, it's acceptable. This would not be possible with the cycle order fixed. Even alt-shift-tab would not solve the problem: say I have 10 windows open, but am shifting between 1 and 5 constantly. With my usual window managers, these move to the top of the stack, but if they didn't, I'd have to either press alt-tab five times each time I wanted to switch, or figure out some way of reordering the cycle. > > I don't see what the mouse has to do with it. > > What if it gets moved by accident? What if it's a touchpad or a > pointing stick that is buried between the G, H, & B keys, and easily > gets moved slightly when you type? You're talking about focus-follows-pointer type window managers? I avoid such settings, for precisely that reason: I use the mouse rarely enough that it's not expensive to point-and-click to change focus, and I don't like to change focus just because the mouse slipped. (I don't know what OS X does.) - Rahul To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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