On Thu, 2009-01-15 at 15:29 -0600, Dustin Kirkland wrote: > The default screen escape sequence, ctrl-a, breaks that. > > We have had extensive discussions, and the consensus was that the > escape sequence would need to be changed. > > We've settle on ctrl-g, which was proposed by Nick Barcet. Perhaps he > can attest as to why ctrl-g was chosen? Nick? > > Perhaps we should conduct a poll in Launchpad? I'd think that we can > change this escape sequence pretty much any time between now and > Jaunty's official release in April. But I don't want to change it > more than once. > > Shall we open the floor for other suggested escape sequences? Please > explain your rationale for why your escape sequence is better than > ctrl-a and ctrl-g...
I see. However, imho there are three points here: 1: Lot's of people do not have a clue what ctrl-a does. Since Ubuntu focuses on ease of use, it also automatically attrackts less experienced users who will not know what ctrl-a is. 2: Experienced screen-users will default to ctrl-a since that's what they're using for years. 3: Ctrl-a can be done using one hand. ctrl-a space/$digit switches windows. Maybe it's me, but I don't feel like pressing ctrl-g is a comfortable move, typing wise. Anywho, this is just my point of view. Maybe other screen users have a very different opinion. :) If there allready was an extensive discussion, don't let me be the one to start that process all over again. (But do consider my personal view above ;)) -- Mark Schouten <[email protected]> -- ubuntu-server mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
