[Clug-tech] Gnome keyboard shortcuts

[Aaron J. Seigo]

On May 27, 2010, Mark Carlson wrote:
> On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 4:51 PM, Gustin Johnson <gustin at echostar.ca> wrote:
> > On 10-05-27 02:29 PM, Mark Carlson wrote:
> >> On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Gustin Johnson <gustin at echostar.ca> 
wrote:


> >>> Man do I ever hate Gnome sometimes (by sometimes I mean most of the
> >>> time).

"doctor, it hurts when i do this ...." ;)

> > It seems that that to do this I need to make changes to the compiz
> > settings and not the gnome keyboard shortcuts.  Confusing and weird.
> 
> Wow, that is weird.  

technically, it's not weird at all. it's poor integration, sure, but 
completely expected. 

the window manager manages the windows, and as such owns (and defines) all the 
functions for doing so. since keyboard shortcuts need something to trigger, 
and only the window manager knows which actions are available, the window 
manager ends up owning the keyboard shortcuts. Compiz is not part of a larger 
desktop framework, so these settings end up in Compiz and not well integrated.

such integration is one of the two major reason why we stuck with KWin even 
though that meant having to add compositing to it ourselves.

cobbling together random projects to try and create a desktop (or other device 
form factor) shell and hoping for a quality user experience is a form of self-
delusion.

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Aaron J. Seigo
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