On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:31:07 +0900 Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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. Sounds good to me. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
