On Thu, Feb 07, 2002 at 10:10:27AM -0500, Derek Cunningham wrote: > On Thu, Feb07,02 10:06, Jan Schaumann wrote: > > Derek Cunningham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, Feb07,02 10:42, Marco Fioretti wrote: > > > > > Head on over to > > > > > > > > > > http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2002-02-06-010-20-RV-DT-SW > > > > > And then, aside from that... I'm curious... the author states this: > > > > > > "Fluxbox also adds a native key grabber to the base functionality it > > > inherits from Blackbox. The key grabber gives the ability to not only handle > > > keyboard shortcuts for common window manager commands, but it also allows > > > sophisticated multi-key sequences to be assigned in a manner similar to > > ^^^^^^^^^^ > > > Emacs." > > > > > > Now, considering his false statement regarding the slit, is the keygrabbing > > > ability EXACTLY like emacs'? or what? > > ^^^^^^^^^^ > > > > Why would you assume the keybindings are *exactly* as in Emacs, if the > > author says they are *similar*? I haven't read the article, but from > > what you quoted here, I can't find any false information[1]. > > > > -Jan > > > > P.S.: Not using Fluxbox, I have no idea anyway ;-) If fluxbox does > > *not* include a keygrabber, or if that keygrabber does not allow > > "multi-key sequences" *similar* to Emacs, I'll gladly call the author a > > liar and claim that "he doesn't get it". > > > > If it pleases the court, I will rephrase. > > "How similar to emacs are they keybindings?" > > Better yet... I should just try it out. :)
They're like emacs bindings in that you can chain them. Ctrl+X-R etc, just like emacs works. It's a pretty neet piece of work. xOr -- I am damn unsatisfied to be killed in this way.
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