Re: powershell/gnome-terminal

[bob thestuff net]

Ok. not only ad alt-f1/f2/f3/etc, but add the alt-left/right arrows. It
would be better then alt-tab since you can go backwards as well as
forwards.

On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, Warren Young wrote:

> bob@thestuff.net wrote:
> > 
> > Simpleist ways are allways the best. what about the console style
> > ctrl-f1/f2/f3...
> 
> That'd be livable, but I still prefer the ability to redo the tab order
> at will.
> 
> The main reason Alt-F1/F2/F3/etc. works -- at least for me -- is that I
> always use a particular workspace/console for specific things.  The
> third one is always where my superuser shell is, for example.  The
> problem with mapping that onto an enhanced gnome-terminal is that it'd
> be hard to map particular values onto tasks: if you just wanted a root
> shell on tab 3, you'd have to open two other terminal tabs just as
> placeholders.
> 
> The Alt-Tab way avoids this by making recent tasks easiest to return
> to.  That way you don't lay down patterns mapping particular terminal
> tab numbers to tasks, you just keep recent tasks in your memory.
> -- 
> = Warren -- ICBM Address: 36.8274040 N, 108.0204086 W, alt. 1714m
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