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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Global keyboard shortcuts
From:       Stephan Kulow <coolo () kde ! org>
Date:       1998-01-19 21:15:26
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Matthias Ettrich wrote:
> 
> Hello again,
> 
> just a small news update that the current kwm in the cvs
> support the following commands now:
> 
> refreshScreen, darkenScreen, logout, commandLine, taskManager,
> configure, winMove, winResize, winRestore, winIconify, winClose,
> winSticky, winOperations, desktop1, desktop2, desktop3, desktop4,
> desktop5, desktop6, desktop7, desktop8, desktop+1, desktop+2,
> desktop-1, desktop-2, desktop%2
> 
> The semantics of these commands should be obvious. Please note that
> the win* commands refer to the current (= active) window.  "desktop%2"
> toggles between an odd desktop and the next higher even number. That
> means between 1 and 2 or between 3 and 4.  This is useful to emulate
> "Up" and "Down" in a virtual n*2 matrix, which is used by the kde pager.
> "desktop+2" means "Right" then, "desktop-1" means "Left", respectively.
> 
> You can send commands to kwm with either
> 
>     KWM::sendKWMCommand(QString) (in KDE applications)
> or
>     kwmcom <command>   (from the command line, for example minicli)
> 
> That means: kwm is prepared and waiting for kglobalshortcut :-)
> 
What do you think about the "mouse on the edge scrolls the desktops"
feature, that many fvwm user asking for? I'm not completly sure, but
I think, only kwm can handle this.

Greets, Stephan

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