[londonperl] Re: Dashboard (was: [OT] Mac Office Software)

[Mike Stok]

On 29-Aug-06, at 3:37 PM, David Alban wrote:

> On 8/29/06, Peter Corlett <abuse at cabal.org.uk> wrote:
>> It's most definitely inspired by the WIndows alt-tab, but it switches
>> between *applications* rather than windows. You need to separately
>> switch between windows once an application is selected.
>
> Ah, right.
>
> command-left_arrow and command-right_arrow will do this within X11.  I
> know that's not a replacement for the Windows behavior described, but
> it's quite useful.
>
> I don't have access to my mac right now so I don't know if these key
> combinations do the same for other apps.  If they do, then to "get"
> the Windows functionality you would take the extra mental step of
> determining whether the next window you want is a different app or a
> different window within the same app and choose keys accordingly.

http://www.petermaurer.de/nasi.php?section=witch

seems like it might do what you want

Mike

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