Comments on: handling exotic layouts in xkeyboard-config http://blogs.gnome.org/sudaltsov/2009/04/28/handling-exotic-layouts-in-xkeyboard-config/ Just another GNOME Blogs weblog Mon, 31 Oct 2011 08:01:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sergey Udaltsov http://blogs.gnome.org/sudaltsov/2009/04/28/handling-exotic-layouts-in-xkeyboard-config/comment-page-1/#comment-474 Sergey Udaltsov Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:19:49 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/sudaltsov/?p=186#comment-474 ethana2: I do not insist on any word, it is subject to discussion. I just mean statistical aspect: "RELATIVELY few users would use variant xx(yyy)". About "not showing in GUI" - that is a separate issue. It is up to GUI developers, usability maillists etc. For example, as a gnome developer, I could use some gconf key to trigger showing or hiding THOSE variants.... ethana2: I do not insist on any word, it is subject to discussion. I just mean statistical aspect: “RELATIVELY few users would use variant xx(yyy)”.

About “not showing in GUI” – that is a separate issue. It is up to GUI developers, usability maillists etc. For example, as a gnome developer, I could use some gconf key to trigger showing or hiding THOSE variants….

]]> By: ethana2 http://blogs.gnome.org/sudaltsov/2009/04/28/handling-exotic-layouts-in-xkeyboard-config/comment-page-1/#comment-473 ethana2 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:57:20 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/sudaltsov/?p=186#comment-473 Oh, speaking of, now that I type at 111 wpm with colemak, I'm looking for a 'backword' key, so I don't have to hit ctrl+backspace whenever I mess up. I don't like the word 'exotic'.. experimental, maybe, or niche perhaps, but to say 'this layout isn't popular, let's not put it in the gui'... that's dangerous. That's why I don't use OS X very much. Oh, speaking of, now that I type at 111 wpm with colemak, I’m looking for a ‘backword’ key, so I don’t have to hit ctrl+backspace whenever I mess up.

I don’t like the word ‘exotic’.. experimental, maybe, or niche perhaps, but to say ‘this layout isn’t popular, let’s not put it in the gui’… that’s dangerous.

That’s why I don’t use OS X very much.

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