On 7/12/2005, "Artur Grabowski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>"Shawn K. Quinn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 23:28 -0600, Chris Kuethe wrote:
>> > On 7/11/05, Shawn K. Quinn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > > Which leads me to ask... why is OpenBSD the only odd one out that
>> > > requires Ctrl+Alt+F{1,2,3,4,5} when switching between text consoles? Is
>> > > there really a good reason for leaving it the way it is?
>> >
>> > Because some X11 apps use ALT+Fx.
>>
>> GNU/Linux and FreeBSD still require Ctrl-Alt-Fx to switch back to a text
>> console from X11. That's no reason to require Ctrl-Alt-Fx when switching
>> between text consoles when X11 isn't even involved.
>
>Yes it is a good reason. The same keyboard combination works
>regardless of what state your console happens to be in. What next?
>Shift-Alt-Fx when you have colors on your console,
>Meta-Super-Hyper-F(x^2) when you changed the reesolution and
>triple-click on the mouse + wave with a dead chicken if you're in ddb?
>
>Geez. I wanted to call you lazy for not wanting to press another key,
>but then I realized that actually I'm lazy because I don't want to
>remember which magic wand to wave in what situation. I prefer my magic
>to be consistent.
>
>//art
>
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Does this really matter?
If it does then someone should add an option that can be included in the
wscons config file (someplace in /etc. I forget the name).
Edd
