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Re: Is there a reason Ctrl+Alt+Left/Right/Up/Down was disabled?

 

AH.. now i see..
i think it's better for blender3d users..

On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 05:42, Stephen Rees-Carter
<stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Is there a reason Ctrl+Alt+Left/Right/Up/Down was disabled?
>
> I realise that this combination has been switched over to the new
> "Super+Shift+Left/Right/Up/Down" combination, but I don't understand
> why the existing one was broken in the process.
> The bug report requesting the change,
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/891757, says the
> following:
>    "However where there is no conflict between the existing keyboard
> shortcuts and the new shortcuts, the existing shortcuts should always
> be preserved."
>
> Given that the Ctrl+Alt+Arrow combination has been around for years
> and it works in every other distro I've ever used. I don't see how the
> Ctrl+Alt+Arrow combination could be a conflict for any other function.
> It seems like a stupid change which will annoy a lot of people,
> particularly for an LTS...
>
> There is a bug report about it:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/940085
>
> It's also worth nothing, the new Super+Shift+Arrow combination is
> broken for Super+Shift+Right for me:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/940803
>
> Thanks,
> ~Stephen
>
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