Re: A proposal for the keybindings issue
Re: A proposal for the keybindings issue
- Subject: Re: A proposal for the keybindings issue
- From: "Andrew J. Hesford" <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 19:44:29 -0600
On Nov 24, 2007, at 6:23 PM, Merton Campbell Crockett wrote:
While you can change the key bindings in the Spaces preference
pane, It does not eliminate the problem of Spaces "stealing" the
key event. When focus is on a window providing access to the
desktop environment of a remote system, the key event should be
passed through to the remote system and not effect the local system.
I disagree with that. What if you want to switch spaces on the local
machine? You have to select a window not owned by X11, and then change
spaces? That's not consistent behavior when switching spaces while
using other applications. I think Spaces should steal the keys it has
been assigned. If you need to send those keys to the remote side, you
should either use a client that allows sending those keys
programmatically (just as the Windows VNC client lets you send Ctrl+Alt
+Del to the remote system), or you can disable or remap the Spaces
keys. It's a mad world where applications can steal keys targeted at
higher-level functions.
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