On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 09:27:35 +1000 David Seikel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 07:45:08 +0900 Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sun, 26 Aug 2007 18:01:45 -0300 Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > > > > > If I could configure the keybindings through a text file* , > > > changing dozens of keybindings would probably be as simple as a > > > query replace. > > > > like what? i hope you know by heart all the x keysym names then! what > > about the modifier your press? do you know if its Meta? Hyper? Super? > > What's the Keysym or Keycode for the play/pause button on your > > keyboard? what about the "Shuffle" button? E manages to remove > > needing to know any of this - it takes it from INPUT. if you need a > > feature (like having a universal modifier and changing it for all > > bindings) then say so and we can add it to the UI. simply relying on > > text editing as a crutch is a bad thing. > > > > > * I can do that now by telling enlightenment_remote to dump the > > > keybindings, then edit the resulting file, then tell > > > enlightenment_remote to delete the current keybindings, and then > > > tell enlightenment_remote to add the keybindings from the edited > > > dump. Sounds like it takes some time, but is far quickier than it > > > would be to use the Enlighenment's GUI and click on each keybinding > > > that needs changing. I do it all the time. > > > > i really don't believe that. if you are doing this all the time - > > something is deeply wrong. you are literally en-masse changing > > keybindings all the time? why? i might touch them once on setup to > > add a few (eg my media keys), then not know or see the bindings for > > weeks or months - then need to add another to launch some app or > > whatever. why do you need to keep changing them? > > Changing most usage of the ALT modifier to WIN is something I do, but > only on those odd occasions when I have to nuke my old config. I use > an enlightenment_remote based script for that. > > This is because more often that not, the ALT modified key/mouse > bindings are used by other software that I use regularly. The Second > Life client is the main culprit though. at which point to me it says that we need to virtualise some modifiers - i.e. "wm modifier" and then let u set the "wm modifier" in just 1 place. maybe also have some key and mouse bindings disabled when certain windows are in focus. this stops you having to "change config" all the time and lets the wm do everything for you - automatically. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 裸好多 Tokyo, Japan (東京 日本) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
