[gentoo-user] gnome3 hotkey for searching in overview

[gentoo-user] gnome3 hotkey for searching in overview

[András Csányi]

Dear All,

To be honest, I've never thought that I'm going to say that gnome is
fantastic. I was always xfce and KDE user and I never was not able to
understand the philosophy of Gnome. But, Gnome3 is amazing! Simple and
easy to use. Not to mention that it has eye candy in a good way and
doesn't eat my machine against KDE4.x.

But I don't know what is the hotkey for reach the "Type to search..."
searchbox in overview. I've spent a few hours to find it without any
result. Can somebody tell me what is the shortcut?

Thanks in advance!

András

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Re: [gentoo-user] gnome3 hotkey for searching in overview

[Canek Peláez Valdés]

On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 10:51 AM, András Csányi <sayusi.ando@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> To be honest, I've never thought that I'm going to say that gnome is
> fantastic. I was always xfce and KDE user and I never was not able to
> understand the philosophy of Gnome. But, Gnome3 is amazing! Simple and
> easy to use. Not to mention that it has eye candy in a good way and
> doesn't eat my machine against KDE4.x.
>
> But I don't know what is the hotkey for reach the "Type to search..."
> searchbox in overview. I've spent a few hours to find it without any
> result. Can somebody tell me what is the shortcut?

Mmmmh. You use the Windows key to bring the overview. The moment you
start to type something (anything), the "Type to search..." searchbox
catchs the key press immediately. There is no need for a shortcut.

If that is not the way it works for you, you have some keyboard
related configuration hiccup. Probably a legacy .Xmodmap or something
similar.

Regards.
-- 
Canek Peláez Valdés
Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Re: [gentoo-user] gnome3 hotkey for searching in overview

[András Csányi]

On 1 December 2011 20:01, Canek Peláez Valdés <caneko@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 10:51 AM, András Csányi <sayusi.ando@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Dear All,
>>
>> To be honest, I've never thought that I'm going to say that gnome is
>> fantastic. I was always xfce and KDE user and I never was not able to
>> understand the philosophy of Gnome. But, Gnome3 is amazing! Simple and
>> easy to use. Not to mention that it has eye candy in a good way and
>> doesn't eat my machine against KDE4.x.
>>
>> But I don't know what is the hotkey for reach the "Type to search..."
>> searchbox in overview. I've spent a few hours to find it without any
>> result. Can somebody tell me what is the shortcut?
>
> Mmmmh. You use the Windows key to bring the overview. The moment you
> start to type something (anything), the "Type to search..." searchbox
> catchs the key press immediately. There is no need for a shortcut.

Waaahhhhhh! :) It's so obviously simple!
Thanks! :D

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Re: [gentoo-user] gnome3 hotkey for searching in overview

[Stefan G. Weichinger]

Am 01.12.2011 19:51, schrieb András Csányi:
> I was always xfce and KDE user and I never was not able to
> understand the philosophy of Gnome. But, Gnome3 is amazing! Simple and
> easy to use.

András, pls tell us about your usual use of desktop .... do you use
gentoo for business? Or private use only?

Re: [gentoo-user] gnome3 hotkey for searching in overview

[András Csányi]

On 2 December 2011 00:28, Stefan G. Weichinger <lists@xunil.at> wrote:
> Am 01.12.2011 19:51, schrieb András Csányi:
>> I was always xfce and KDE user and I never was not able to
>> understand the philosophy of Gnome. But, Gnome3 is amazing! Simple and
>> easy to use.
>
> András, pls tell us about your usual use of desktop .... do you use
> gentoo for business? Or private use only?

Dear Stefan,

Nowadays I'm using it just at home for private. I would be so happy if
it would be a gentoo my workspace! :)

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Re: [gentoo-user] gnome3 hotkey for searching in overview

[Stefan G. Weichinger]

Am 02.12.2011 07:23, schrieb András Csányi:
> On 2 December 2011 00:28, Stefan G. Weichinger <lists@xunil.at> wrote:
>> Am 01.12.2011 19:51, schrieb András Csányi:
>>> I was always xfce and KDE user and I never was not able to
>>> understand the philosophy of Gnome. But, Gnome3 is amazing! Simple and
>>> easy to use.
>>
>> András, pls tell us about your usual use of desktop .... do you use
>> gentoo for business? Or private use only?
> 
> Dear Stefan,
> 
> Nowadays I'm using it just at home for private. I would be so happy if
> it would be a gentoo my workspace! :)

;-)

Just wanted to check if you use it professionally as I hesitate to adopt
gnome-3 too early. I am running my business w/ gentoo on my machines and
although I am interested in the new concepts I don't want to deal w/ too
much problems. I have gnome-3 on a netbook, w/ sabayon linux, just to
have a look. On my main rig it is still masked ...

Thx, S

Re: [gentoo-user] gnome3 hotkey for searching in overview

[Albert W. Hopkins]

On Fri, 2011-12-02 at 07:23 +0100, András Csányi wrote:
> Dear Stefan,
> 
> Nowadays I'm using it just at home for private. I would be so happy if
> it would be a gentoo my workspace! :) 

I use Gentoo at home and at work, and am running GNOME3 at both
locations.  No problems.

Re: [gentoo-user] gnome3 hotkey for searching in overview

[Stefan G. Weichinger]

Am 02.12.2011 12:34, schrieb Albert W. Hopkins:
> On Fri, 2011-12-02 at 07:23 +0100, András Csányi wrote:
>> Dear Stefan,
>>
>> Nowadays I'm using it just at home for private. I would be so happy if
>> it would be a gentoo my workspace! :) 
> 
> I use Gentoo at home and at work, and am running GNOME3 at both
> locations.  No problems.

And you don't miss stuff like icons on desktop, applets etc ?
Do you use fallback-mode?

Re: [gentoo-user] gnome3 hotkey for searching in overview

[Albert W. Hopkins]

On Fri, 2011-12-02 at 15:02 +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
> Am 02.12.2011 12:34, schrieb Albert W. Hopkins:
> > On Fri, 2011-12-02 at 07:23 +0100, András Csányi wrote:
> >> Dear Stefan,
> >>
> >> Nowadays I'm using it just at home for private. I would be so happy if
> >> it would be a gentoo my workspace! :) 
> > 
> > I use Gentoo at home and at work, and am running GNOME3 at both
> > locations.  No problems.
> 
> And you don't miss stuff like icons on desktop, applets etc ?
> Do you use fallback-mode?
> 
> 
If you'd look at my GNOME2 desktop you'd probably notice the lack of
icons on the desktop, applets on the panel, etc.[1]  I find these things
distracting (especially in my work environment).  Usually when I install
GNOME2 the first thing I do is turn most of those things off.

When GNOME3 came out, I thought they had read my mind.  I use extensions
to get rid of a few more icons on the top panel.  I patched so it
doesn't show the time (if the time is shown on the desktop, I find I'm
constantly looking at the time which is also distracting (for the same
reason I don't wear a watch))[2].  So I like to keep things simple, and
for most-used apps I use keyboard shortcuts.  Works for me.

If you want icons on the desktop, etc. There are extensions and config
settings to enable that in GNOME3.  gnome-tweak-tool is your friend.

I don't use fallback mode.  The gnome-shell is (almost) exactly what I
want.

[1] http://ompldr.org/vYmp4OA
[2] http://ompldr.org/vYmp4YQ

Re: [gentoo-user] gnome3 hotkey for searching in overview

[Stefan G. Weichinger]

Am 2011-12-02 15:22, schrieb Albert W. Hopkins:
> On Fri, 2011-12-02 at 15:02 +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
>> Am 02.12.2011 12:34, schrieb Albert W. Hopkins:
>>> On Fri, 2011-12-02 at 07:23 +0100, András Csányi wrote:
>>>> Dear Stefan,
>>>>
>>>> Nowadays I'm using it just at home for private. I would be so happy if
>>>> it would be a gentoo my workspace! :) 
>>>
>>> I use Gentoo at home and at work, and am running GNOME3 at both
>>> locations.  No problems.
>>
>> And you don't miss stuff like icons on desktop, applets etc ?
>> Do you use fallback-mode?
>>
>>
> If you'd look at my GNOME2 desktop you'd probably notice the lack of
> icons on the desktop, applets on the panel, etc.[1]  I find these things
> distracting (especially in my work environment).  Usually when I install
> GNOME2 the first thing I do is turn most of those things off.
> 
> When GNOME3 came out, I thought they had read my mind.  I use extensions
> to get rid of a few more icons on the top panel.  I patched so it
> doesn't show the time (if the time is shown on the desktop, I find I'm
> constantly looking at the time which is also distracting (for the same
> reason I don't wear a watch))[2].  So I like to keep things simple, and
> for most-used apps I use keyboard shortcuts.  Works for me.
> 
> If you want icons on the desktop, etc. There are extensions and config
> settings to enable that in GNOME3.  gnome-tweak-tool is your friend.
> 
> I don't use fallback mode.  The gnome-shell is (almost) exactly what I
> want.

Good to hear. Maybe I will give it a try after doing some snapshot of my
/-fs ... quick rollback possible ...

S

Re: [gentoo-user] gnome3 hotkey for searching in overview

[Stefan G. Weichinger]

Am 2011-12-02 16:57, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger:

> Good to hear. Maybe I will give it a try after doing some snapshot of my
> /-fs ... quick rollback possible ...

emerged it on my thinkpad. Looks good and feels a bit more performant
here than gnome-2 before.

I think I like it on the laptop, here the keyboard-oriented usage makes
more sense to me than on the desktop where I have a "real mouse". I will
keep it that way and see how I like it.

Stefan

Re: [gentoo-user] gnome3 hotkey for searching in overview

[Stefan G. Weichinger]

Am 03.12.2011 10:51, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger:
> Am 2011-12-02 16:57, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger:
> 
>> Good to hear. Maybe I will give it a try after doing some snapshot of my
>> /-fs ... quick rollback possible ...
> 
> emerged it on my thinkpad. Looks good and feels a bit more performant
> here than gnome-2 before.
> 
> I think I like it on the laptop, here the keyboard-oriented usage makes
> more sense to me than on the desktop where I have a "real mouse". I will
> keep it that way and see how I like it.

Decided to migrate my main workstation as well. Clean cut. And fits the
change of hardware somehow ;-)

Looks good so far.

So I might remove all that compiz-related stuff now ...

and look how to run hamster-applet, for example.

S

Re: [gentoo-user] gnome3 hotkey for searching in overview

[Stefan G. Weichinger]

ah, one more:

Now would be the time to clean up gnome-related config-stuff. I see a
rather long login-time (between entering the password and getting the
started desktop). I also had that under gnome-2 and somehow hoped that
this would magically disappear w/ gnome-3.

What files may I safely remove without losing too much of my useful
setting?

.gconf(d)
.gnome
.gnome2
.gnome2_private

?

Thanks, Stefan

Re: [gentoo-user] gnome3 hotkey for searching in overview

[Stefan G. Weichinger]

Am 04.12.2011 14:06, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger:
> 
> 
> ah, one more:
> 
> Now would be the time to clean up gnome-related config-stuff. I see a
> rather long login-time (between entering the password and getting the
> started desktop). I also had that under gnome-2 and somehow hoped that
> this would magically disappear w/ gnome-3.
> 
> What files may I safely remove without losing too much of my useful
> setting?
> 
> .gconf(d)

moved ~/.gconfd/saved_state aside (when logged out, sure).

It was ~3.8 GB ... no wonder, my home-dir runs full of stuff ...
first login now was quick, I'll see if it stays that way.

S