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

[David B. Lamkins]

Thanks.

On Sun, 2014-08-17 at 01:12 -0400, Chris Moller wrote:
> The built-in keymap image in aplwrap Help>>Keymap shows diamond on
> alt-shift-D.
> 
> Between older keyboards that have Break but not Windows, and newer
> that have Windows but not Break, I don't think interrupting on
> ctrl-Period is necessary, so I left that out.
> 
> Other than that, it's been pushed.
> 
> 
> On 08/17/14 00:30, David B. Lamkins wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> > 
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