On Sun, 2005-12-25 at 16:54 +0000, Joachim Noreiko wrote: > --- Bastien Nocera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > - use the 'open' command to launch an app or > > document as if I double-clicked it > > You can use "gnome-open" for that. > > Ah, I didn't know that. Longer to type though.
"open" is already taken, it creates a new virtual terminal on the Linux console. "alias open=gnome-open" in your .bashrc should do. > > > - drag icons from the file manager to command line > > > input > > That works with the GNOME terminal > > Not quite. Try a file whose path contains spaces. You just need to put quotes around the filename. > > > - copy and paste to and from other apps > > > That works if you use the Copy and Paste menu items, > > or corresponding keyboard shortcuts. > > SHIFT+CTRL+V is an awkward combination for something > that's used frequently. > The Mac has a built-in advantage over GNOME here: the > GUI uses the CMD key for shortcuts, and the terminal > uses CTRL. So there's no clash between the copy > shortcut and the terminal's CTRL-C. As we already said, you can change those to be whatever you like. --- Bastien Nocera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
