Re: [Usability]HIG suggestion- alt+<num> shortcuts for tabbed/MD interfaces

[hobbit aloss ukuu org uk]

On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 01:15:56PM -0400 or thereabouts, Luis Villa wrote:
> > > For some time, galeon and xchat have used alt+<num> to switch to tab
> > > <num>. The new gnome-terminal has the ability to add this as a
> > > keybinding, and otherwise I'm unaware of any uses of these shortcuts
> > > elsewhere. [Sawfish may use them, but I don't believe that is by
> > 
> > Window Maker uses them by default to switch workspace and has done for 
> > years. I use this in wmaker with GNOME all the time. 
> 
> OK, so, at some point, we have to say that we can't care about non-gnome
> apps[1], esp. windowmanagers. But maybe that point is not now. I don't
> know.
> [1]terminal apps being the obvious exception here

Where are the definitions of what a "GNOME-compliant window manager"
must/may do/avoid? It seems to me that this is the sort of thing that
might be encompassed in that. Or maybe not. I'm not feeling too
bright today (as witness the fact I can't find such a document: I'm
nut used to this!)

Telsa