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Which terminal? In Linux, Alt+Left Click is the "move window around" idiom, while Alt+Right Click is "resize window with the mouse".
by shrimp_emoji 7y ago
Which terminal? In Linux, Alt+Left Click is the "move window around" idiom, while Alt+Right Click is "resize window with the mouse".
- zimpenfish 7y agoI'd imagine it was Terminal on MacOS from the capitalisation (and that does what he says, just checked.)
- weiming 7y agoYes. That would be Mac iTerm/Terminal, should have mentioned.
- akiselev 7y agoDo people usually use "Alt" to describe the Option key on Macs? I was really confused for a second trying to find it on my Macbook
- OJFord 7y agoYes. Anyone that hasn't been exclusively using macOS for their entire digital life, or at least years, anyway. 'Command' (resp. 'Windows', resp. 'Super') is a different story. You can't say 'Super' with a straight face without also marking yourself out as someone who borders on saying 'GNU with Linux', or 'I run Arch'. (For what it's worth, I do run Arch. ;)) IIRC Option is dually labelled as Alt on some Apple keyboards anyway.
- franga2000 7y ago> You can't say 'Super' with a straight face without also marking yourself out as someone who borders on saying 'GNU with Linux', or 'I run Arch'. Since basically nobody knows the historical difference these days, I just call it the Meta key to avoid the above situation. When non-techy people ask me what the hell I mean, I just explain that's the technical term for the key and that I use it so both Mac and Windows people understand me. I've even heard one of them start using the term themselves, presumably to appear smarter in front of their boss.
- Zarel 7y agoWhile it's not wrong to refer to the Super key as "Meta", I don't like calling it that, because in some contexts (like emacs), "Meta" means the Alt key.
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- vangelis 7y agoI use a USB mechanical keyboard with my Mac, Ubuntu at home, so I tend to think of command and option as super and alt.
- tommyage 7y agoHow can you know that this is a common idiom? Is there an (prob. GNU)-document for these things? Two reasons I am asking: 1) I feel terrible reading this, since my last post was preaching for XCFE for this exact functionality. 2) It would be awesome to have these things bundled and discover many things which are yet not discovered by me.
- nougatbyte 7y agoDont think that its a standart of some kind, but KDE does the same thing
- fiddlerwoaroof 7y agoThe major Linux desktops have had this sort of thing for like 15 years. It’s usually only discovered by people who obsessively tweak their settings, though.
- 1998v2 7y agoI want this badly on gnome-terminal. If anyone has this type if thing on a linux plz. advise.
- jchook 7y agoI agree, but also can recommend a few good shortcuts... <c-a> = go to beginning of line <c-e> = go to end of line !! = repeat last command <esc> b = move "back" one word (also <c-b> and <c-left>) <esc> f = move "forward" one word (also <c-f> and <c-right>) Many others exist. See `man bash` under READLINE.
- dylan604 7y ago!cmd = repeat last usage of that command !!enter which is 3 buttons where as up-arrow enter is the same thing.
- Something1234 7y ago!! is more useful than you think. It's substitute last command here, not just up-arrow enter. See sudo !!.
- rtpg 7y agoBy the way, recently discovered you can get some of these shortcuts in all input boxes by activating “emacs shortcuts” inside of gnome-tweaks! Was one of the final blockers for getting me from Mac to Linux
- chrisweekly 7y agoYes! I use c-u to clear the line all the time.
- neetfreek 7y agoAnd <c-w> clears the previous word :) Also <c-y> pastes the line/word back in (so you cant think of it like cut-copy).
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