Re: [Usability] sticky keys and alt-tab
- From: Joachim Noreiko <jnoreiko yahoo com>
- To: Shaun McCance <shaunm gnome org>
- Cc: usability gnome org
- Subject: Re: [Usability] sticky keys and alt-tab
- Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 17:37:58 +0100 (BST)
--- Shaun McCance <shaunm gnome org> wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-09-13 at 09:57 +0100, Joachim Noreiko
> wrote:
> > Urg.
> > Why do we even have this ugly little tab section?
> > I understand these options are provided by X, but
> why?
> > What needs to happen to kill them off or fold them
> > into GNOME properly, or bring them kicking and
> > screaming into the rest of the GUI?
>
> Easier said than done. There are people who use
> those
> options. I'm one of those people, because I like
> using
> a Compose key. We can't just ditch them.
>
> The list of options comes from the X server,
And what comes from the X server is bizarre and
limiting -- eg the options for the compose key -- and
sometimes archaic.
I know it's black magic that I have no hope of
understanding, but will there ever come a time when
it's part of GNOME, and we therefore can update it?
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