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Subject:    Re: Modifier keys, KPanel, Kpager, Kwm commands and more...
From:       "Terry" <lawnman1 () soltec ! net>
Date:       1999-07-26 11:15:23
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Why don't you just edit "startkde" to prevent kpanel from loading?

----- Original Message -----
From: Robert van der Kamp <robnet@wxs.nl>
To: KDE general mailing list <kde@lists.netcentral.net>
Sent: Monday, July 26, 1999 5:46 AM
Subject: Modifier keys, KPanel, Kpager, Kwm commands and more...


> Hi,
>
> I'm using KDE 1.1.1 on RH 6.0 for about a week now. I used to work with a
> (modified)
> version of FVWM2, which doesn't have the looks, but is very powerful. I'm
> impressed by
> apps like khelp and kfm, but got irritated by the panel (it's always in
the
> way).
>
>
> I have a couple of questions/requests that may already have been solved in
the
> 2.0 version:
>
> - I would like to use the super and hyper modifier keys for KDE shortcuts.
More
> generally
>     speaking, I would like KDE to support the X-Windows MOD1 through MOD5
> modifiers.
>     Currently I'm limited to only Shift, Control and Alt. Is this
possible?
>
> - I would like to hide KPanel's panel completely,  without the per-desktop
> hide/shown state.
>     I like a very empty screen with a root window menu. The icons on the
left
> are okay, but a
>     standard panel eating precious pixels is not acceptable. Autohide mode
is
> not really useful,
>     since there's no position (top, bot, left or right) where the panel
can be
> put without getting
>     it popped up involuntary. I have the root window menu enabled, so
there's
> almost no reason
>     to have the panel always shown. It's nice for docking, though.
>
> - The panel's tiny view mode is not really supported, so it seems. Every
time I
> change some
>     (display) setting, the panel is back to normal size again.
>
> - The panel's desktop buttons are UGLY. (Sorry ;-). Can I get rid of them?
I'm a
> C++ programmer,
>     can I get rid of them by hacking around a bit?
>
> - Is it possible to have kpager to show a vertical or horizontal bar of 8
> desktops? Is it then possible
>     to swallow kpager into the panel as a replacement for the standard
desktop
> buttons? My problem
>     with kpager is that it is too large. The problem with the panel
buttons is
> that they can be relatively
>     small, but don't show what's going on in desktop-land. At the moment,
I use
> a (heavily modified)
>     FVWM2 pager that stretches along the left side of the screen (from top
to
> bottom). Its only 5
>     pixels wide and shows 12 pages (desktops). It hardly takes up any
screen
> pixels and I always
>     see where my windows are. One fast click and bingo. Can't be beaten,
IMO.
>
> - I really need keyboard shortcuts for kwm actions window-resize,
> window-resize-vertically.
>     I don't want the interactive resize mode as is currently available,
but the
> actual actions (i.e.
>     kwm should resize the window for me).
>
> -   I need a keyboard shortcut for next-window-this-desktop and
> next-window-any-desktop
>     simultaneously. Is that possible?
>
> - Is it possible for kfm so sort the files in short-view in columns and
not in
> rows? Is it easy to
>     hack-in a couple of commands like that? Would you guys accept a patch
like
> that?
>
> - Is it possible in a kfm window to change the sort order (easily).
>
> - Is there a toolbar button that allows me to quickly change the view
style in a
> kfm window?
>
> - Is it possible to have kwm to place a new window simply near the mouse
cursor
> position, on
>     top of whatever other window? Smart placement mode is a bit too smart,
IMO,
> and I have to
>     'travel' a lot to get to my new window.
>
> - It would be nice for the placement algorithm to optionally skip the icon
area
> (at the left
>     of the screen in my case). Maybe define it as a skip-region. This way,
a new
> window would
>     not be (automatically) be mapped on top of the icons.
>
>
> I'm sure there's more, but this will do for now. ;-)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Robert
>
>
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