On Tuesday 31 January 2006 10:00, Benjamin Green wrote: > On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 08:06:35 -0000, xale (sent by Nabble.com) > > <lists at nabble.com> wrote: > > Hello Craig > > > >> Hold down Alt with or without those combinations to scale the text as > >> well. > > > > Is Scribus still really targeting Linux as a primary platform? > > > > If yes, no alt+click should be defined by default, since it is a > > reserved event in most window managers in the unix/linux world! > > It has the same function in most window managers too, moving the current > window. I have only found jwm that doesn't do this by default. I use KDE > generally and have set the move window key to the "windows key" leaving > alt free for the function used in other programs. These include Cinelerra, > Inkscape, The GIMP and now Scribus. I am always suprised that the > developers of these programs don't seem to have noticed the problem.
We notice the issue, but as you say, every keyboard layout has its quirks. Alt+click and drag moves the window Click+Alt and drag will resize proportionally. Unfortunately there are just not enough universal and unused modifier keys on a standard keyboard. Craig -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20060131/6b60bcb4/attachment.pgp
