Re: gEDA-user: Use of Alt+Mouse1 (was: Next problem, PCB looses rats)

[Jonatan Åkerlind <jonatan@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On tis, 2010-06-15 at 01:33 +0000, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote:
> On Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:32:09 +0100, Peter Clifton wrote:
> 
> >> Do we use alt for anything else?  Would alt-click interfere with window
> >> managers?
> > 
> > Metacity / compiz have that as a short-cut for dragging windows around.
> 
> With metacity this is configurable:
> MainMenu -> System -> Windows -> MovementKey 
> This setting can be either "Alt", or "Super (Windows logo)" 
> 
> I don't know about compiz but expect it to be configurable , too.
> 
> If the proposed modified drag is caught with some settings of some window 
> managers then the affected users are in the same situation like now. 
> Everybody else would gain a shortcut to a frequently needed action. 

All the window managers i have used have all used Alt+Mouse1 for
dragging windows around by default, but most of them have the option of
reconfiguring this. The ones i have used (and remember now) are:
fluxbox, evilwm, ratpoison, metacity, compiz


/Jonatan




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