Modifier-only activation [Fwd: ...]

[Ulrik Sverdrup <ulrik sverdrup gmail com>]

Forwarded for the information about modifier-only activation in Kupfer.


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From: Ulrik Sverdrup <ulrik sverdrup gmail com>
Date: 2010/10/28
Subject: Re: thanks for kupfer & feature request

2010/10/27 kng ssmr:
> greetings, and sorry to bother you with this. i'm new to linux. coming from
> the mac, where i think quicksilver is the single most important piece of
> software i use on my computer, i was thrilled to see that there was a linux
> alternative. i also tried gnome do, but i think kupfer has more
> functionality, closer to quicksilver. one thing i miss about quicksilver
> however is the single key activation. would this be difficult to implement
> in kupfer? if single key activation could be put into effect, i think many
> would find it very useful.
> thanks for making the best launcher in linux.
> cheers,
> ssameer

It doesn't bother but I might not reply. I don't have much time for Kupfer atm.

I have the same kind of background of course, and in Kupfer I have
tried to implement many of the crazy or useful possibilities of
Quicksilver. It will never be the same religious or holistic
experience (and no surprises since I'm writing it myself), but I
already think the important things are in place.

By single-key activation, if you mean Quicksilver's "modifier-only"
activation then it's possible but is not allowed to configure Kupfer
that way using prefs dialog.

Open (when Kupfer is not running)  ~/.config/kupfer/kupfer.cfg

and make sure the Kupfer section looks like this in the file:

[Kupfer]
keybinding = Alt_L


This way only Left alt is used to show/hide kupfer (on macs, both
Option keys are called Alt_L). Notice the difference between Alt as a
modifier in <Alt>X  and Alt the key as  Alt_L.  The format here uses
GTK's key names.


If you (maybe) by single-key activation mean that you can press and
hold a key to start the first object of that letter, then it's
implemented in Kupfer but works or doesn't depending on the GTK
version or configuration (this is something I have not figured out).

Ulrik

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