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> I can't remember the last time I actually used a laptop keyboard's F-keys for anything I use them regularly to switch consoles. MacOS supports multiple cons
by zeveb 9y ago
> I can't remember the last time I actually used a laptop keyboard's F-keys for anything
I use them regularly to switch consoles. MacOS supports multiple consoles, right?
- eridius 9y agoBy consoles do you mean terminals? Terminal.app uses ⌘⌥1–9 to switch windows and ⌘1–9 to switch tabs. The F-keys aren't used by Terminal.app at all (well, they're sent to the terminal as an escape sequence).
- zeveb 9y agoNo, I mean complete GUI heads: completely separate GUI login sessions which use the same screen and can be switched between. Also called 'virtual framebuffers,' I think. Very awesome. I'm sure that Macs support something similar.
- eridius 9y agomacOS has something called Fast User Switching, which is completely separate login sessions, but you access it through a menu on the right side of the menubar, not with keys. macOS also has Spaces, which is just virtual desktops, but again, it doesn't use the F-keys to switch between them.
- quesera 9y agoI'm strongly reading GP comments as trolling, given indirect context, but I respect your approach of taking the high road by assuming simple ignorance.
- zeveb 9y agoI really wasn't trolling. I've not used macOS for almost twenty years now, so I genuinely didn't know if it supported multiple graphics consoles. I'm not surprised that it does, but I wouldn't have been terribly surprised if it didn't, either. My (un-trolling) point still stands, though: I use the Function keys on a daily basis, to switch between consoles.