[GRLUG] Old Keyboard?
John-Thomas Richards
jtr at jrichards.org
Mon Apr 8 12:47:43 EDT 2013
On Mon, Apr 08, 2013 at 11:34:54AM -0500, L. V. Lammert wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Apr 2013, Don Ellis wrote:
>
> > As for the Windows key (and caps lock), I have seldom if ever actually
> > used them on purpose.
> >
> On newer Linux flavors, the windows key is quite useful - a quick touch
> displays an overview of all active desktops, and one can click on a desktp
> or application ON that desktop to switch.
>
> Quite sweet!! *Especially* as it falls right next to the left pinkie,
> which is the normal <ctl> action.
I've mapped mine to the Compose key so I can type non-ASCII characters
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