xfwm4 kbd shortcut editor feature request

[Brian J. Tarricone]

Randy Chung wrote:

> Yes, that's what I'm saying.
>
> It would be awfully confusing if the key bindings were constantly 
> changing, wouldn't it :)  It was more of a thought to chew on than 
> anything; the way things are now is working fine, so there's no real 
> pressing need to change it.
>
> An automagically run migration script would definitely be useful, but 
> upon further reflection it seems like some sort of notification to the 
> user is most important.  Hoping they figure out they have to check the 
> key binding editor (assuming they're aware such a thing exists) seems 
> like a bit shaky of a solution :)

or perhaps something simpler - when you edit the keybindings for the 
first time, it copies _all_ values to the "user modified" portion, 
regardless if you edited every option or not.  then, if new keybindings 
are added later, you still stick with the one's you're used to, but the 
new features get pulled in from the new defaults file.

    -brian

>
> -- 
>
> Randy
>
> Anton Markov wrote:
>  > Are you saying that for example, if I didn't change the binding for a
>
>> certain shortcut manually, and a new release of XFCE changes the
>> shortcut, the shortcut would automatically change?
>>
>> I am not sure that's such a good idea, because some people expect the
>> shortcuts to remain the same (especially after editing some of them). It
>> may be confusing, like "why doesn't this key combination work any 
>> more??".
>>
>> Perhaps it would be better to include a migration script in case of
>> major binding changes.
>>
>
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