On Thursday 04 June 2009 19:11:42 Lew Wolfgang wrote:
David C. Rankin wrote:
Next, the ctrl+f1 -f4 shortcuts for desktop 1-4 are horribly inefficient due to the left ctrl being at the absolute bottom of the keyboard while the F'keys are at the absolute top. This eliminates the chance of an efficient switch without having to reposition your hands on the keyboard and then reset after the key combo is entered. Even using the right ctrl (which many laptops do not have) requires a stretch with the left hand to reach the F'keys. If the CA+left and CA+right are defined for the 'previous' and 'next', that takes care of the problem, but if anyone can suggest another scheme for desktops 1-4, it would really help get rid of some keyboard inefficiency.
Hi David,
Har! You hit on a very old gripe of mine! God and UNIX demand that the control key be located directly left of the "A" key. I've been cursing that knuckle-headed IBM engineer who redesigned the IBM-AT keyboard for 25-years.
I've also been remapping my keyboard layouts, making the caps lock key and extra control key. It can be done with sax2 or by adding
Option "XkbOptions" "ctrl:nocaps"
to the "InputDevice" section of /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
Regards, Lew Wolfgang
Lew, Now that is something I definitely have to try... That is a hell of a lot easier to manage than stretching the pinky to the far bottom-left of the keyboard while trying to stretch the rest of the fingers to reach R, T, G & B. The overriding problem is that most devs don't think in terms of keyboard efficiency when implementing a key combination. It's usually just a look at what is already taken and then the epiphany of "hey they combo isn't taken..." and you end up with ctrl+F8 -F11 for commonly used combinations. What the hey, maybe the devs are just into distal phalange extremism.. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org