> Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:53:40 +0530
> From: moinakg at belenix.org
> To: vab at bb-c.de
> Subject: Re: [desktop-discuss] How to set up gnome terminal to respond to
> page-up/page-down keys ?
> CC: k_dal2 at hotmail.com; desktop-discuss at opensolaris.org
>
> On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 12:20 PM, Volker A. Brandt <vab at bb-c.de> wrote:
> >> > > Thanks for your reply. Yes shift Pg-Up/down works. I want to
> >> > > change the key binding to just Pg-Up/Down without shift.
> >> >
> >> > Hmm, I was sure we'd patched gnome-terminal many years ago to add PgUp/
> >> > PgDn to the list of customisable shortcuts... I certainly remember a
> >> > long discussion about it, but can't find it now :/
> >>
> >>
> >> It would be great do have it customizable. You can customize this behavior
> >> both in CDE and KDE. Solaris users coming from the CDE environment
> >> expect pg-up/down to have this default behavior. Fortunately, I can still
> >> run
> >> CDE on my main desktop but it's a problem on my desktop where I have
> >> switched over to gnome.
> >
:
> >
>
> It is so intriguing that tinny things can have so big impact when it comes
> to user experience. People are unwilling to press SHIFT: SHIFT + PGUP/DN
> when this combination can be pressed with one hand !!!
A keyboard I use requires three keys to be pressed, Shift-Alt-Page-up
and I have seen laptop keyboards that do not even have Pg-up/Pg-down
keys. To make the desktop environment more generic I think we should
not to give up on customizability and functionality compared to previous
generation of window managers. To provide this kind of simple customization
does not seem to be that complicated to me as the basic functionality is
already there.
>
> > I fail to understand why this simple change has not found the way
> > into JDS/OpenSolaris. Sun could change the first user reaction from
> > "they can't even configure the terminal correctly" to "feels just
> > like home" in an instant. Sigh.
> >
>
> I could not find such a setting in KDE's Konsole as well.
Not directly from the GUI. In KDE you need to edit file:
/usr/share/apps/konsole/linux.keytab
It doesn't have to be customizable from the GUI. Documented key map
files or X rc files are fine for users who prefer more fine tuning.
Regards,
/KarlD
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