Re: [Usability] Docu of Keybindings of Startmenu

[Shaun McCance <shaunm gmail com>]

On Sun, 2005-05-01 at 22:39 +0200, Hanspeter Roth wrote:
>   On May 01 at 21:47, Leif spoke:
> 
> > In gnome you would use the menu key (I think, as I am not in gnome, so I
> > can't test.), or it might be one of the windows keys (called super or so
> > by xev)
> 
> What is the "meny key"?
> I have only a Windows 3.1 keyboard. Do I need a Bill Gates 95 or
> higher keyboard in order to open the start menu?

You can also use Alt+F1.

> And what about the navigation when the menu is opened; is it limited
> to the arrow keys or is there a navigation by the letter keys as is
> available in IceWM?

I'm afraid it's limited to the arrow keys, unfortunately.

> > If you're running another desktop manager they would have their
> > settings, which might be the same as in Gnome, but still independent.
> 
> Is the "desktop manager" the same as the window manager or is it
> something different?

In this case, the window manager is responsible for the
keybindings.  So if you swap another window manager in
place of Metacity, the keybindings are likely to change.

Also, this post would have been better suited for the
general gnome mailing list, gnome-list gnome org 

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Shaun