Ctrl-W changes its functionality

Oh bugger!

That'll teach me to assume.

How about changing the modifier to Super? Of course, some people don't have a Super key, but bear in mind that this is just a suggested default that people can change. I'm looking for three similar shortcuts that have a kind of "mental glue" that makes it easier to remember, based on the English language/keyboard layout. Ctrl+W/A/X was the best I'd come up with before, but I admit that my bash shortcut usage is limited, so I'd missed that I'd overridden a common shortcut like Ctrl+W.

:) I like the with Super+w. but I think this is not very required shortcut. Why not add a menu item for right-clicks, for that?

What can I say? People want shortcuts :-) Also, the project as a rule tries to avoid adding too much to the context menu.

The terminal is after all the focus, and people prefer to keep their hands there rather than reaching for the mouse.

Actually now I think about it, Super+W and Super+A are used by Unity for expose events. So, I'll have to think about what to use, but in the meantime, you can just unset the shortcut in the Prefs to get your word delete back (if you haven't already)

I actually swiched to gnome-terminal, but with your tip I can use
terminator again. :)
On Nov 7, 2015 20:40, "Stephen Boddy" <email address hidden> wrote:

> What can I say? People want shortcuts :-) Also, the project as a rule
> tries to avoid adding too much to the context menu.
>
> The terminal is after all the focus, and people prefer to keep their
> hands there rather than reaching for the mouse.
>
> Actually now I think about it, Super+W and Super+A are used by Unity for
> expose events. So, I'll have to think about what to use, but in the
> meantime, you can just unset the shortcut in the Prefs to get your word
> delete back (if you haven't already)
>
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> Title:
> Ctrl-W changes its functionality
>
> Status in Terminator:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Last update (on ubuntu 15.10) replaces the ctrl+w functionality. I
> always use this shortcut to remove a word in the left direction. Now
> it is used to rename the window. The rename window could be
> ctrl+alt+w .
>
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As pointed to by Haim Daniel in the merge request https://code.launchpad.net/~hdaniel/terminator/terminator/+merge/274807 a list of bash shortcuts can be seen here http://ss64.com/bash/syntax-keyboard.html

I'm now thinking that to avoid bash, and Unity I could
a) Use <Ctrl><Alt>W/A/X
b) remove the defaults and leave it up to people to define this themselves if they want it.

May I suggest:
c) adding a <Shift> to all of the currently default keybindings ? (<Shift><Ctrl>W/A/X)

<Shift><Ctrl>X is already assigned to maximise the current terminal within a window (need splits to see the effect).

And Ctrl+Shift+W is used to close terminal.

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On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 8:10 AM, Stephen Boddy <email address hidden>
wrote:

> <Shift><Ctrl>X is already assigned to maximise the current terminal
> within a window (need splits to see the effect).
>
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> Title:
> Ctrl-W changes its functionality
>
> Status in Terminator:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Last update (on ubuntu 15.10) replaces the ctrl+w functionality. I
> always use this shortcut to remove a word in the left direction. Now
> it is used to rename the window. The rename window could be
> ctrl+alt+w .
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
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Not sure if somebody already said this, but Super+W is bound by window
managers.

On Mon, Nov 9, 2015, 12:45 leoheck <email address hidden> wrote:

> And Ctrl+Shift+W is used to close terminal.
>
> --
> Leandro Sehnem Heck
>
> On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 8:10 AM, Stephen Boddy <email address hidden>
> wrote:
>
> > <Shift><Ctrl>X is already assigned to maximise the current terminal
> > within a window (need splits to see the effect).
> >
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> > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
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> >
> > Title:
> > Ctrl-W changes its functionality
> >
> > Status in Terminator:
> > Confirmed
> >
> > Bug description:
> > Last update (on ubuntu 15.10) replaces the ctrl+w functionality. I
> > always use this shortcut to remove a word in the left direction. Now
> > it is used to rename the window. The rename window could be
> > ctrl+alt+w .
> >
> > To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/terminator/+bug/1514089/+subscriptions
> >
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1514089
>
> Title:
> Ctrl-W changes its functionality
>
> Status in Terminator:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Last update (on ubuntu 15.10) replaces the ctrl+w functionality. I
> always use this shortcut to remove a word in the left direction. Now
> it is used to rename the window. The rename window could be
> ctrl+alt+w .
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/terminator/+bug/1514089/+subscriptions
>

Hi! I just updated terminator right now with apt-get but it has the same
problems yet. Stephen, the shortcuts were already fixed? I still can't use
Ctrl+W to cut the last word as usual and I can edit files with nano because
I can't exit from edition with Ctrl+X. Do you have plans to revert these
shortcuts back?

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On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 6:10 PM, Andrea Corbellini <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Not sure if somebody already said this, but Super+W is bound by window
> managers.
>
> On Mon, Nov 9, 2015, 12:45 leoheck <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> > And Ctrl+Shift+W is used to close terminal.
> >
> > --
> > Leandro Sehnem Heck
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 8:10 AM, Stephen Boddy <
> <email address hidden>>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > <Shift><Ctrl>X is already assigned to maximise the current terminal
> > > within a window (need splits to see the effect).
> > >
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> > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1514089
> > >
> > > Title:
> > > Ctrl-W changes its functionality
> > >
> > > Status in Terminator:
> > > Confirmed
> > >
> > > Bug description:
> > > Last update (on ubuntu 15.10) replaces the ctrl+w functionality. I
> > > always use this shortcut to remove a word in the left direction. Now
> > > it is used to rename the window. The rename window could be
> > > ctrl+alt+w .
> > >
> > > To manage notifications about this bug go to:
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> > >
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> >
> > Title:
> > Ctrl-W changes its functionality
> >
> > Status in Terminator:
> > Confirmed
> >
> > Bug description:
> > Last update (on ubuntu 15.10) replaces the ctrl+w functionality. I
> > always use this shortcut to remove a word in the left direction. Now
> > it is used to rename the window. The rename window could be
> > ctrl+alt+w .
> >
> > To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/terminator/+bug/1514089/+subscriptions
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>
> Title:
> Ctrl-W changes its functionality
>
> Status in Terminator:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Last update (on ubuntu 15.10) replaces the ctrl+w functionality. I
> always use this shortcut to remove a word in the left direction. Now
> it is used to rename the window. The rename window could be
> ctrl+alt+w .
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/terminator/+bug/1514089/+subscriptions
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I couldn't find a way to disable the keybindings via the GUI but you can by adding:

[keybindings]
  edit_tab_title = False
  edit_terminal_title = False
  edit_window_title = False

to ~/.config/terminator/config

Make sure terminator isn't running when doing the edit.

@Alex: Snipped from the Reading The Fine Manual:
"If you wish to delete a shortcut, use the BkSp key (Backspace, ←, or ⌫ depending on your keyboard)."

Ah, the one key I didn't try. I must remember about the manual as well.

OK, so no better alternatives are being proposed at the moment. I'll going to set them to default <Ctrl><Alt>W/A/X.

Terminator could become the first terminal needing a separate keyboard for all of its shortcuts :-D

Very good Stephen! I am actually using 2 keyboards :D

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On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 11:38 PM, Stephen Boddy <email address hidden>
wrote:

> OK, so no better alternatives are being proposed at the moment. I'll
> going to set them to default <Ctrl><Alt>W/A/X.
>
> Terminator could become the first terminal needing a separate keyboard
> for all of its shortcuts :-D
>
> ** Changed in: terminator
> Status: Confirmed => Triaged
>
> ** Changed in: terminator
> Assignee: (unassigned) => Stephen Boddy (stephen-j-boddy)
>
> ** Changed in: terminator
> Status: Triaged => In Progress
>
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> Title:
> Ctrl-W changes its functionality
>
> Status in Terminator:
> In Progress
>
> Bug description:
> Last update (on ubuntu 15.10) replaces the ctrl+w functionality. I
> always use this shortcut to remove a word in the left direction. Now
> it is used to rename the window. The rename window could be
> ctrl+alt+w .
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/terminator/+bug/1514089/+subscriptions
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http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus/aux/
Is this one of them? :-D

Nooo00 :) !! One is in my Dell XPS 14 notebook and the other is an old
apple keyboard which I like but in ubuntu the keys are in a not so good
position.

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On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 11:00 AM, Stephen Boddy <email address hidden>
wrote:

> http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus/aux/
> Is this one of them? :-D
>
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>
> Title:
> Ctrl-W changes its functionality
>
> Status in Terminator:
> In Progress
>
> Bug description:
> Last update (on ubuntu 15.10) replaces the ctrl+w functionality. I
> always use this shortcut to remove a word in the left direction. Now
> it is used to rename the window. The rename window could be
> ctrl+alt+w .
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/terminator/+bug/1514089/+subscriptions
>