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


From: David B. Lamkins
Subject: Re: [Bug-apl] Requesting a couple of minor keyboard tweaks.
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 21:30:01 -0700

On Sat, 2014-08-16 at 22:45 -0400, Chris Moller wrote:
> 
> On 08/16/14 22:09, David B. Lamkins wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> 
> Don't know about GNOME, but there's no way in KDE to disable or remap
> that binding.  That's why I put diamond on alt-shift-D, D-for-diamond.

Ah. That's what I get for using ]KEYB as a reference.

> 
> > 
> > 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)?
> 
> Do your keyboards have a "Windows" key?  That key shows up in GDK as
> GDK_KEY_Super_L, making it possible for ctrl-Windows to be used as an
> interrupt.  (I just tried it.)
> 

Yes, all my keyboards do have a Windows key.

Patch attached for enabling APL attention via ctrl-break,
ctrl-left_super (a.k.a. Windows) and ctrl-period.

Attachment: lamkins_attention.patch
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