Re: [Nautilus-list] keyboard shortcuts suggest

[David Tabachnikov <captain bezeqint net>]

On 15 Jun 2001 10:53:22 -0700, Darin Adler wrote:
> On Friday, June 15, 2001, at 06:06  AM, David Tabachnikov wrote:
> 
> >> Can you make a list of operations that need keyboard shortcuts that don'
> >> t
> >> currently have them? Then I can add some for the operations that need 
> >> them,
> >>   and if there are some that exist but you just don't know about, I can 
> >> get
> >> the documentation fixed.
> >
> > How can I select a group of files with the keyboard? (Like
> > shift-left/right/up/down in Windows)
> 
> To select more than one file you use the arrow keys with the Ctrl or Alt 
> modifier. I can't say which because John Harper has changed this back and 
> forth as he has changed Sawfish to default to using Ctrl or Alt. Anyway, 
> Ctrl-Space (or Alt-Space) selects or deselects the currently keyboard 
> focused file, which Ctrl-arrow (or Alt-arrow) moves the keyboard focused 
> file without changing the selection.

No, no, no, you got me wrong.
(And it's Ctrl). I want to select a block of files, with the keyboard.
Like I would do with the mouse. (I can use Ctrl with the mouse too, but
usually you select a block (rectangle) of files)