several defects and enhacement-wishes

[samo]

> > do u suggest svn-head? 
>
> I'd suggest using Debian official sources. (I'd suggest using
> Debian, but we're not there to talk about distribs). If you don't
> want to screw your install by accidentally install Debian packages
> other than Xfce, you may want to use following sources:
>
> deb http://debian.corsac.net unstable/
> deb-src http://debian.corsac.net unstable/
>
> (see http://www.corsac.net/?rub=xfce (in french) and
> http://www.corsac.net/?cat=3 )
Just for the protocol, yesterday i did downgrade all to ubuntu-edgy 
(4.3.90-99) level, and then the keyboard shortcuts for switching 
workspaces / sending windows to workspaces stopped to work. Then i 
upgraded back to ubuntu-unstable (4.3.99), no change.
The keys are recognised (and eaten) (even Terminal's cursor changes 
while key is pressed), but nothing else. 

today i'll check these repos above, as if they are official (-;. 
Any idea what went broke - and doesn't want to come back sane?
would 'rm -rf ~/.cache' help? i'll try anyway. 
i'm near sure it is not because of version - edgy works ok on another 
machine.

> > > >  + window-manager: need keyboard shortcut for opening the
> > > > window-menu, (one which is opened by mouse-right-click on
> > > > window-heading, or by the icon-buton there.)
> > > >    alt-space is a good default comnbination.
> > > >    this will free (for me) all the
> > > > move/resize/whatever-window-related shorcuts
> > >
> > > You can use xfce4-popup-menu if you have a panel plugin menu.
> >
> > umm, no, not the desktop-menu (apps etc), but the window-menu -
> > maximize, minimize, hide, sticky, send-to-workspace...
>
> Ah yes. But all those item can be binded to commands in window
> manager settings, aren't they ?
yeah, about 15 keys for things not used that often at all...

> > And another thing there - are the table/panel sizes fixed in the
> > code or what? e.g. i never see the right column of that
> > shortcut-assignment table, only the left one.
>
> Maximize the window helps.
yes, but this is not a fix. 
should i just shut up and leave u alone?
one of the big problems of the free software is the near-complete 
absense of usability-analysis and _especialy_ synthesis; and the 
hack-it-workaround-it attitude, thus making temporary solutions 
permanent, doesnt help that either.

ciao
samo