On 7/15/05, Daniel Roesen <dr(a)cluenet.de> wrote:
Please actually read what I was replying to before jumping in.
I've read every post in this "discussion", some with amusement, some
with incredulity. Mostly with a mounting irritation.
> I really think you should try this before dismissing it. I have
a key
> combination (alt-esc, in case you're wondering), that I use to open a
> new terminal. It works no matter what application has focus.
And now you're working with an application that needs this key
combination in your terminal, or in the application itself. What now?
*If* that were to happen (and it never has), I can quite easily remap
the key combo.
> > Yes, but I need to grab the mouse anyway to position the
new terminal
> > window where I need it.
>
> Ummm... no you don't. Open the new shell (with a key combination),
> then use alt-F7 to move the window (with the cursor keys).
It takes 4 seconds to move a window in Y axis and 6 seconds in X axis
here with that method. Moving window with cursor keys... sorry, don't
have time and nerve for that game. :-)
Try pressing the shift key.
> Very efficient, and no need to take my hands off the keyboard!
I'm already in your step4 when you're still working your cursor keys.
Really. You won't beat left-hand-on-keyboard (for ALT to move the
window) and right-on-mouse raising and moving the term. :-)
The time it takes for your method to open up a new term and move it into
the right lower corner here takes TEN SECONDS. Mine takes less than two.
Try it. :-)
Using shift, I can throw a window into any corner of the screen in no time.
The point is -- /there's more than one way to do it/, whatever /it/
is. That's the beauty of Linux. Taking examples to ridiculous
extremes doesn't help prove a point.
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