xfce version 3 vs. 4 : missing features?

[Biju Chacko]

On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 11:48:20 -0400 (EDT), Net Llama! wrote:

> On Sun, 28 Sep 2003, Francois Le Clainche wrote:
> > Le dimanche 28 septembre 2003 à 11:31, David F. Skoll a écrit:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > > On Sun, 28 Sep 2003, Rich Shepard wrote:
> > >
> > > >   I've been using xfce for many years now (I can't remember just how
> > > >   many or
> > > > with which version I started). The dropping of features (or change, if
> > > > you prefer) is my only complaint.
> > >
> > > I agree.  In XFCE-3, I had bound keys to operations like RaiseLower,
> > > Maximize, etc.  XFCE-4 has no way to bind a key to RaiseLower (at least,
> > > none that I can see.), so I'm sticking with XFCE-3 for now.
> >
> > Do you know the Alt+Tab feature to cycle the focus between windows?
> 
> You're mising the point.  Its nice that there are 4 different ways to do
> the same thing, but they are all 4 _new_ ways to do the same thing.  The
> old way no longer exists.

Rebinding keys is possible, you'll have to create a new keytheme. Copy
$PREFIX/share/xfwm4/themes/default.keys/keythemerc to
.xfce4/themes/mytheme.keys/keythemerc. Then edit it to your satisfaction.

HTH,

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