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Re: quartz wm question (Command-`)

From: email@hidden (Christopher J. White)
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 17:46:46 -0400

"david" == David Barnes <email@hidden> writes:

david> Hi folks,
david> I am using quartz-wm with Apple's X11b3. I know we have Cmd-Tab
david> which rotates through the open applications, eg. I can switch
david> from X11 to Finder to Word to ..., but does anyone know if there
david> is an undocumented key combination to rotate through my individual
david> X11 Windows?

Cmd-` (backquote right above tab) rotates throught the current
application's windows...Not specific to X11 either, works in most
Apps (Word, Mozilla...)

But note that if you remap your X keys, in particular if you swap Command and Option, so that Option is meta, you will have to use Option-` instead of Command-`. Which is weird, since Command-C is still seen as Copy. One would have hoped that the "Command-key equivalents" would be bound to the keyboard Command key, not the X Meta key. Or at least that they would be consistent. Instead it seems that some are and some are not (the simulation of button-2 and button-3 follow the X key bindings).

On a side note, does anyone understand why Apple calls this key "Command-~", which makes me think I should be typing "Command-Shift-`", but they really meant "Command-`"? There is similar confusion elsewhere in the UI: Screen Zoom is documented as "Command-Option-+", but it is really "Command-Option-=". If you type "Command-Option-Shift-=" (to get "Command-Option-+"), you just get beeped at.
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