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Subject: -12- How can I change desktops without using the mouse and
Desks Overview?
Date: 8 Mar 1997 00:00:01 CST
Ping Huang <pshuang@sgi.com> contributes the following method:
Unlike some other window managers, you can't navigate between
desktops geographically, using some Control, Alt, and/or Shift'ed
version of the arrow keys. However, you can tell 4Dwm to let you jump
to a given desktop with a keystroke. If you want to customize one
account only, copy /usr/lib/X11/system.4Dwmrc (or possibly
/usr/lib/X11/$LANG/system.4Dwmrc, if you set the LANG environment
variable for localization) to the user's home directory as .4Dwmrc.
Look for the "Keys 4DwmKeyBindings" section, and add lines of the
following form:
# IndigoMagic desktops
<Key>F1 root|icon|window f.switch_desk "Desk 1"
<Key>F2 root|icon|window f.switch_desk "Desk 2"
<Key>F3 root|icon|window f.switch_desk "Desk 3"
<Key>F10 root|icon|window f.switch_desk "Global"
The names of the desks are whatever arbitrary names you used to name
your desks in Desk Overview. (The "Global" desk is, however, a special
desk; see Desk Overview help for details. You still reference its
name here as you would any other desk.)
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