Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 02:32:30 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1019633550.561365@mired.org> To: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> Cc: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, Bob Bomar <bulldog@fxp.org>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: overclocking and freebsd Message-ID: <15551.51214.565995.577553@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20020419080217.M30474@canyon.nothing-going-on.org> References: <20011110215343.C961@bsd.alexe.org> <20020411182041.H45395@darius.2y.net> <20020411200534.A25472@ns.museum.rain.com> <20020412042041.GA80748@peitho.fxp.org> <20020412144054.GB2610@hades.hell.gr> <15550.9030.396432.30948@guru.mired.org> <20020418070634.I30474@canyon.nothing-going-on.org> <15550.26754.195694.112510@guru.mired.org> <20020419080217.M30474@canyon.nothing-going-on.org>
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In <20020419080217.M30474@canyon.nothing-going-on.org>, Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> typed: > On Thu, Apr 18, 2002 at 01:32:34AM -0500, Mike Meyer wrote: > > In <20020418070634.I30474@canyon.nothing-going-on.org>, Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> typed: > > > On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 08:37:10PM -0500, Mike Meyer wrote: > > > > The tricky part will be when the timing is warped by the window > > > > manager. I.e., if I've got a WM set to follow the mouse and not raise > > > > the active window, then activating a window is one action for me > > > > (point), but two (point and click) for a windows users. On the other > > > > hand, raising a window is easy for a windows users, because they can > > > > point anywhere in the window, whereas I have to point at the frame. > > > Not if Meta-LeftClick is bound to 'raise window' anywhere in the window > > > area. . . > > That's still slower, because it's one point and two keyclicks vs. one > > point and one keyclick. > On average I'm much faster, because most of the time I'm sending windows > to the bottom of the Z order. It means I don't have to waste time > minimising windows I don't need (which might explain the 17 open xterms > at the moment <sigh>). Yeah, but then you have to do that to get to each window, as opposed to getting to any window with three or four keystrokes. I just keep a few things I don't use very often iconified, and have four xterms open now. But they're all up and visible - except for the one on the monitor I leave turned off. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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