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Jerome BENOIT

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Oct 2, 2011, 12:30:02 PM10/2/11
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Hello List:

Since a while on my Wheezy box, by accident under Gnome, my fingers slide
and render the xterm console full screen. As I would like to reproduce it
and to scape from it, but not by accident, I want to know the involved key
shortcut.

Thanks in advance,
Jerome


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Dom

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Oct 2, 2011, 1:00:02 PM10/2/11
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On 02/10/11 17:27, Jerome BENOIT wrote:
> Hello List:
>
> Since a while on my Wheezy box, by accident under Gnome, my fingers slide
> and render the xterm console full screen. As I would like to reproduce it
> and to scape from it, but not by accident, I want to know the involved key
> shortcut.

Might you have accidentally pressed F11? That is used on some
applications as a switch between window and full screen mode.

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Jerome BENOIT

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Oct 2, 2011, 2:00:02 PM10/2/11
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On 02/10/11 18:56, Dom wrote:
> On 02/10/11 17:27, Jerome BENOIT wrote:
>> Hello List:
>>
>> Since a while on my Wheezy box, by accident under Gnome, my fingers slide
>> and render the xterm console full screen. As I would like to reproduce it
>> and to scape from it, but not by accident, I want to know the involved key
>> shortcut.
>
> Might you have accidentally pressed F11? That is used on some applications as a switch between window and full screen mode.

No, only left and right lower keys on my Apple keyboard are involved:


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Cláudio E. Elicker

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Oct 2, 2011, 4:40:01 PM10/2/11
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On Sun, 02 Oct 2011 18:27:58 +0200
Jerome BENOIT <g629...@rezozer.net> wrote:

> Hello List:
>
> Since a while on my Wheezy box, by accident under Gnome, my fingers
> slide and render the xterm console full screen. As I would like to
> reproduce it and to scape from it, but not by accident, I want to
> know the involved key shortcut.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Jerome
>
>

ALT+ENTER works here.

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Jerome BENOIT

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Oct 2, 2011, 5:10:02 PM10/2/11
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Hello List:

On 02/10/11 22:38, Cláudio E. Elicker wrote:
> On Sun, 02 Oct 2011 18:27:58 +0200
> Jerome BENOIT<g629...@rezozer.net> wrote:
>
>> Hello List:
>>
>> Since a while on my Wheezy box, by accident under Gnome, my fingers
>> slide and render the xterm console full screen. As I would like to
>> reproduce it and to scape from it, but not by accident, I want to
>> know the involved key shortcut.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Jerome
>>
>>
>
> ALT+ENTER works here.
>

This is the shortcut: to get full screen and to escape from it

Is it specific to Gnome or to X stuff ?

Thanks again,
Jerome

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Doug

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Oct 2, 2011, 5:20:01 PM10/2/11
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On 10/02/2011 04:38 PM, Cláudio E. Elicker wrote:
> On Sun, 02 Oct 2011 18:27:58 +0200
> Jerome BENOIT<g629...@rezozer.net> wrote:
>
>> Hello List:
>>
>> Since a while on my Wheezy box, by accident under Gnome, my fingers
>> slide and render the xterm console full screen. As I would like to
>> reproduce it and to scape from it, but not by accident, I want to
>> know the involved key shortcut.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Jerome
>>
>>
> ALT+ENTER works here.
>
>
>
Tried alt-enter on pclos (kde) and nothing happened. --doug

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Wayne Topa

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Oct 2, 2011, 6:00:01 PM10/2/11
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On 10/02/2011 05:00 PM, Jerome BENOIT wrote:
> Hello List:
>
> On 02/10/11 22:38, Cláudio E. Elicker wrote:
>> On Sun, 02 Oct 2011 18:27:58 +0200
>> Jerome BENOIT<g629...@rezozer.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello List:
>>>
>>> Since a while on my Wheezy box, by accident under Gnome, my fingers
>>> slide and render the xterm console full screen. As I would like to
>>> reproduce it and to scape from it, but not by accident, I want to
>>> know the involved key shortcut.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> Jerome
>>>
>>>
>>
>> ALT+ENTER works here.
>>
>
> This is the shortcut: to get full screen and to escape from it
>
> Is it specific to Gnome or to X stuff ?

Here, on wheezy under fluxbox, it is either Alt key+Enter.




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Cláudio E. Elicker

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Oct 2, 2011, 7:50:01 PM10/2/11
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On Sun, 02 Oct 2011 17:15:40 -0400
Doug <dmcga...@optonline.net> wrote:

> Tried alt-enter on pclos (kde) and nothing happened. --doug
>


Did a quick test with 3 window managers in Lenny and Wheezy:

Lenny Wheezy

KDE no not tested
IceWM no OK
Openbox no OK

no = ALT+ENTER does not work. Actually it does a funky "cursor up".
OK = ALT+ENTER does fullscreen


I can't see any logic...


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Cláudio E. Elicker

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On Sun, 02 Oct 2011 23:00:20 +0200
Jerome BENOIT <g629...@rezozer.net> wrote:

> This is the shortcut: to get full screen and to escape from it
>
> Is it specific to Gnome or to X stuff ?
>

I'm using Openbox, so it seems to be not specific to Gnome.

I think that this shortcut makes xterm to "ask" the window manager to
render xterm in fullscreen mode.

A search for 'fullscreen' in the xterm manpage may lead to a better
answer than I can conjure in a few lines.


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