xrandr support / xffm: cursor keys

[Jeroen]

On Saturday, Sep 13, 2003, at 15:32 Europe/Amsterdam, edscott wilson 
garcia wrote:

> On Sat, 2003-09-13 at 06:08, Luis Miguel Garcia wrote:
>
>>> - the treecontrol in xffm accepts navigating using the cursor keys 
>>> which
>>> is great. But to close the current folder i have to move up all the 
>>> way
>>> to the directoryname and only then can it be closed (using the LEFT
>>> key). If i know i want to close it anyway why not let the LEFT key 
>>> close
>>> it right away from any of the files (ofcourse including the currently
>>> selected file) ?
>>
>> But this would be VERY NICE. Is it very difficult to implement?
>>
>
> You can use the "backspace" key plus "left". The backspace will
> immediately pop you to the parent node. Then you press "left" and 
> voilá.
> Yes, I know that is two keystrokes instead of one. But let me explain.
>
> 1- When a keystroke has two different functions depending on
> circumstance, the behaviour is confusing (at least to me).
> 2- The left key is only a convenience synonym for the keypad "-" key,
> placed there because laptops don't have a separate keypad. The 
> behaviour
> of the keypad "-" is gtk default, so you can expect it to be repeatable
> in other applications.

Hmm that's a shame. Once you've used, you're hooked. You can try for
yourself it in the filemanager of the other well known PC operating 
system
(whose name i won't reveal in fear of patent or DMCA issues ;-).

In any case the backspace offers some help.
Maybe i'll suggest it to the gtk developers...

regards,
Jeroen