From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Is OpenUsability something for Emacs? Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 15:45:39 +0200 Message-ID: <44E86783.1090503@student.lu.se> References: <44E72B0F.8060306@student.lu.se> <44E81F63.8000105@student.lu.se> <200608201424.37537.pogonyshev@gmx.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1156083883 17768 80.91.229.2 (20 Aug 2006 14:24:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 14:24:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 20 16:24:41 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GEoEA-0002KQ-77 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 16:24:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GEoE9-00089m-F4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 10:24:37 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GEncX-0007PB-QV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 09:45:45 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GEncW-0007Od-Op for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 09:45:45 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GEncW-0007OW-JN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 09:45:44 -0400 Original-Received: from [81.228.8.164] (helo=pne-smtpout2-sn2.hy.skanova.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GEnjg-0001Rx-Ox for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 09:53:09 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.168.123.121] (83.249.218.244) by pne-smtpout2-sn2.hy.skanova.net (7.2.075) id 44A2F19F00AD31D6; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 15:45:40 +0200 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (Windows/20060719) Original-To: Paul Pogonyshev In-Reply-To: <200608201424.37537.pogonyshev@gmx.net> X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:58550 Archived-At: Paul Pogonyshev wrote: > Lennart Borgman wrote: > > >> ...Just a week ago I installed Ubuntu GNU/Linux to give it a try again. Ubuntu >> uses GNOME as its default desktop. To my surprise I could not use the keyboard >> to navigate the "start menu". I had no mouse attached to that computer ... >> > > Did you try Alt+F1? > > Paul > Thanks. No, I had no reason to assume that it was Alt+F1 I should use. On w32 you can use C-ESC or the windows keys. I see no reason that GNOME should not adopt to this. It is really a usability issue for w32 users. It would certainly be attractive to windows users if those keys worked - and I guess that is one of the goals. But this is of course of topic here.