22 Jan
2005
22 Jan
'05
12:20 p.m.
But doesn't Linux enable
us to switch virtual workspaces with a single key combination?
Sure it does. How you do it depends on what window manager you're
running, but there has to be a way.
I run blackbox with bbkeys, and I use Shift+ArrowRight/Left to move
between virtual desktops. I have three set up, so I am always one
Shift+ArrowKey away from whichever workspace I want. I don't know what
I'll do if I ever have to go back to Windows with a single desktop.
Here's my .bbkeysrc...
[START OF FILE]
# bbkeys config file, automagically generated by bbconf.
# Close a window
KeyToGrab(C), WithModifier(Mod1+Shift), WithAction(Close)
KeyToGrab(F4), WithModifier(Mod1), WithAction(Close)
# Open the root menu
KeyToGrab(F1), WithModifier(Mod1), WithAction(RootMenu)
# Maxi/minimize
KeyToGrab(X), WithModifier(Mod1+Shift), WithAction(MaximizeWindow)
# Window movement
KeyToGrab(Up), WithModifier(Control+Shift), WithAction(BigNudgeUp)
KeyToGrab(Down), WithModifier(Control+Shift), WithAction(BigNudgeDown)
KeyToGrab(Left), WithModifier(Control+Shift), WithAction(BigNudgeLeft)
KeyToGrab(Right), WithModifier(Control+Shift), WithAction(BigNudgeRight)
# alt+tab window switching
KeyToGrab(Tab), WithModifier(Mod1), WithAction(NextWindow)
KeyToGrab(Tab), WithModifier(Shift+Mod1), WithAction(PrevWindow)
# shift+right/left workspace switching
KeyToGrab(Right), WithModifier(Shift), WithAction(NextWorkspace)
KeyToGrab(Left), WithModifier(Shift), WithAction(PrevWorkspace)
# Run an Eterm with alt+m
KeyToGrab(M), WithModifier(Control+Shift), WithAction(ExecCommand),
DoThis(Eterm --font edges --trans --shade=70 --scrollbar=0 --buttonbar=0
--geometry=100x35)
[END OF FILE]
-E
Henry Camacho wrote:
I highly recommend getting the two screens, or even
three.
I run 3 monitors here on windows, and I use Cygwin/X for windows to get a
graphical desktop to my linux host. It works fairly well.
HFC
-----Original Message-----
From: linux-audio-user-bounces(a)music.columbia.edu
[mailto:linux-audio-user-bounces@music.columbia.edu] On Behalf Of Christian
Frisson
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 3:15 AM
To: linux-audio-user(a)music.columbia.edu
Subject: [linux-audio-user] [OT] Switching workspaces or
ping-pongingscreens?
Heyall,
I'm up to throw my little and only 15" CRT screen in the attic to replace it
by a more space-friendly and hum-bucking 17" LCD screen. I heard that
running a dual-screen workstation is very fashionable for musicians (or
artists): the sequencer on the first and the mixer on the second for
example. Thus I was wondering whether I should take advantage of the
opportunity and buy two of them at the same time, from the same brand, same
model, same series... to avoid being disoriented. But doesn't Linux enable
us to switch virtual workspaces with a single key combination?
So what's better: flicking keys or ping-ponging eyes? Wrists RSI's or
strabism?
Cheers,
Christian