Re: [wmii] wimenu arrow keys support

2009-05-13 Thread Kris Maglione

On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 11:42:25PM -0700, Suraj Kurapati wrote:

I just started using wimenu instead of dmenu and I noticed that wimenu
does not let you browse the choices by pressing the left & right arrow
keys.  Will this functionality be added in the (near) future?


I really don't think this is a good idea. Most users do (and 
should) expect the arrow keys to move the caret. You can rebind 
them now, if you really need to, but please don't provide that 
to your users as the default configuration. Probably the biggest 
complaint about dmenu/wmiimenu is the lack of a movable caret, 
and if the arrow keys don't work, your users will never figure 
out how to use it.



More importantly, is wimenu meant to be a replacement for dmenu in wmii?


Yes, yes, god yes.

--
Kris Maglione

I believe that when I die I shall rot, and nothing of my ego will
survive.  I am not young, and I love life.  But I should scorn to
shiver with terror at the thought of annihilation.  Happiness is none
the less true happiness because it must come to an end, nor do thought
and love lose their value because they are not everlasting.
--Bertrand Russell




Re: [wmii] wimenu arrow keys support

2009-05-12 Thread Thomas Dahms

On Mon, 11 May 2009, Suraj Kurapati wrote:


I just started using wimenu instead of dmenu and I noticed that wimenu
does not let you browse the choices by pressing the left & right arrow
keys.  Will this functionality be added in the (near) future?


This is because of the caret, which is now driven by the arrow keys. Use 
Mod1-h,l to move the selection (Tab also works). There are even more key 
bindings, just look into the source code of wimenu.



More importantly, is wimenu meant to be a replacement for dmenu in wmii?


According to Kris, yes. Once you have used the history function of wimenu, 
you never want to use dmenu any longer.


Thomas



[wmii] wimenu arrow keys support

2009-05-11 Thread Suraj Kurapati
Hello,

I just started using wimenu instead of dmenu and I noticed that wimenu
does not let you browse the choices by pressing the left & right arrow
keys.  Will this functionality be added in the (near) future?

More importantly, is wimenu meant to be a replacement for dmenu in wmii?

Thanks for your consideration.