Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!hao!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!dsg.csc.ti.COM!Kimbrough From: Kimbrough@dsg.csc.ti.COM (Kerry Kimbrough) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: Should X11 clients pass on unrecognized KeyPress/Release events? Message-ID: <2772554198-5413178@Sierra> Date: Tue, 10-Nov-87 12:56:38 EST Article-I.D.: Sierra.2772554198-5413178 Posted: Tue Nov 10 12:56:38 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 12-Nov-87 23:10:32 EST References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 14 I think your proposal is reasonable, but I'm dubious about its goal: ...window managers can be activated with function keys, while simultaneously leaving those keys available for application human interfaces. It's at least debatable whether this is good UI policy. The possibility for mode errors ("But I thought I was talking to the window manager!") is too great. Also, I'm concerned about the handling of typographical errors. If an inappropriate keystroke is just passed up the line, my typo may accidentally provoke an action that is harmful, irreversible, or perhaps just unnoticed. Rather that pursuing this approach, I'd look for solutions that are more robust and have better human factors.