Re: [dev] [surf] spaces and clipboard

From: Christoph Lohmann <20h_AT_r-36.net>
Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2015 13:27:08 +0100

Greetings.

On Sun, 04 Jan 2015 13:27:08 +0100 Markus Teich <markus.teich_AT_stusta.mhn.de> wrote:
> Christoph Lohmann wrote:
> > Currently surf does open a new space with the middle mouse click and when you
> > use the context menu with the right mouse click. What you changed removed
> > the possibility to open a new surf window outside of spacebed.
> >
> > What’s the advantage of mapping this to Button1 and where would you put the
> > possibility to open a surf window outside of space?
>
> I am mainly using a Laptop with no external mouse connected, so just touchpad. I
> don't use the pointer that often (Nearly only to click on links in surf I
> think). Since I also leastly use mono/fullscreen mode of dwm, opening single
> Windows with no spacebing capability seems rather useless (more windows in the
> view, less time spent finding the right one). However when researching some
> stuff, I sometimes want to open a link in a new instance and since it does not
> make sense for me to open it in a new window, I want to open it in a new space.
> Is this usecase clear enough or should I elaborate less?

I just try to elaborate if it’s useful to have this as default in surf.
Most touchpads have a three mouse button emulation by mapping certain
parts of it to the mouse buttons. This isn’t an option on your Laptop?

This is configured using the »SoftButtonAreas« option in the synaptics
driver.


Sincerely,

Christoph Lohmann
Received on Sun Jan 04 2015 - 13:27:08 CET