Peter Tribble wrote: > This is a really serious issue. I find that I simply can't do any real work > on an SXCE or OpenSolaris based system as a result. Having to remember > to hit an extra key is counterintuitive and a significant detriment to > productivity, not to mention all the swearing at the machine when you forget > and get random characters splattered into your window and end up inputting > the wrong command.
I have to agree with this. Most people's reaction when PgUp/down does not work is not going to be "OK, let's try all possible key combination until one works". Instead it's going to be: "why do the Gnome-terminal settings suck". I may be misremembering, but ISTR the previous discussion thread about this not working out of the box in Gnome being because Gnome did not want to reserve Page Up/down for itself, since sometimes applications running in the terminal might want to use those keys (editors, for example). If true, the best solution might not be to just add a config option without turning this on by default, but instead make sure that PgUp/Down works in the terminal in cooked mode *always* but gets passed to the app when in raw mode (or running curses). Or, "replicate the CDE behavior by default". Moinak Ghosh wrote: >> On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 12:20 PM, Volker A. Brandt <vab at bb-c.de> wrote: >> 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 !!! Yes, shift+PgUp can be pressed with one hand. But only if you twist your hand uncomfortably. Pressing a single key is easier, and more importantly, it matches expectations. Hugh.
