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[Bug-apl] Requesting a couple of minor keyboard tweaks.


From: David B. Lamkins
Subject: [Bug-apl] Requesting a couple of minor keyboard tweaks.
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 19:09:42 -0700

There are two small tweaks that I'd like to see w.r.t. key mapping and
binding:

1. GNOME binds alt-` to rotate through an applications windows, making
this keystroke unavailable for ◊ in aplwrap. Through trial and error I
discovered that I can use ctrl-alt-` instead.

While documenting this would be OK, it's still inconsistent with the
behavior of the rest of the alt-key mappings. Is it possible to disable
the GNOME intercept on a per-app basis? Failing that, perhaps ◊ could be
duplicated on some other keytop to give folks who don't read
documentation a chance to use that key.

2. With laptops, netbooks and other compact devices, keys like Break,
PrintScreen, SysRequest, ScrollLock, Pause and Break are disappearing.
(None of the keyboards that I use have a Break key.) Would it be
possible to add a second binding for the APL attention key? It's going
to be a challenge to find something that isn't either already bound or
not readily available in international keyboard layouts. Perhaps ctrl-.
(ctrl-period)?





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