On Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 05:21:56PM -0400, Geoffrey Alan Washburn wrote: > I run ion3 under both Linux and MacOS X (combining ion and MacOS X > probably would cause cognitive dissonance for many) and I've been > noticing a problem with the way the "menu" provided by the standard > configuration works. Normally, I believe the menu is mapped to "F12" > but because this conflicts with the MacOS X "Expose" and "Dashboard" > stuff, I edited my "cfg_bindings.lua" file to map the menu to "F5" > instead. > > I use the same configuration files on both Linux and MacOS X and > when I press "F5" under my Xorg based X server, the menu pops up and I > can > use the arrow keys to navigate about and hit escape to make it go away. > However, when running ion3 under Apple's X11 X server (I am not using > quartzwm) I press "F5" but the arrow keys do nothing. Pressing escape > will close the menu, and clicking on menu items with the mouse works. > > Has anyone else experienced anything like this or have any idea what > might be going wrong here? I don't think it is something as simple as > MacOS X grabbing my arrow key input, as they work just fine in every > other application running under the control of the ion window manager. > Furthermore, I don't expect that it is something to do with my choice > "F5", as the menu does come up and as far as I know nothing else in the > system is hooked into "F5".
Hello, I have noticed the same under Windows with the Hummingbird Exceed X Window System. I use the default keybindings, so the F5 choice seems unrelated. Because I seldom use Ion under Windows I've never bothered to investigate. -- Jeroen Schot
