On Wed, 2004-08-04 at 10:21, Mark J. Dulcey wrote: > People don't complain about the SysRq key or those other useless keys > you mentioned because they're mostly in out-of-the-way places. The > Windows key, on the other hand, occupies prime real estate on the > keyboard, so it is a bit more in the way. I think the original poster > didn't like the Windows key because it pushes the Control key farther > away from the spacebar.
There's also the fact that SysRq actually does something, at least on Redhat and Fedora using the default Gnome desktop settings: it creates a screenshot. I notice this every time I accidentally hit SysRq instead of Scroll Lock. And Scroll Lock is used by my KVM switch to switch between my various machines. As for the Windows key, Metacity uses that as a mouse modifier; within the content area of a window, W-leftbutton moves the window, W-middlebutton resizes the window, and W-rightbutton pops up the same menu you get from right-clicking the window's titlebar. -- John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] / WWW http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID 0xD5C7B5D9 PGP-Key-Fingerprint 72 FB 39 4F 3C 3B D6 5B E0 C8 5A 6E F1 2C BE 99
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