... that I should be able to do, [1] but can't. Maybe I just don't know how.
What: Focus on an application window in Space1 [2]. Input a keystroke, send it to Space2.
Why: I have a window - an email, a pdf - it's in the wrong space. I need to refer to it while I doodle around in another virtual window. I don't want it here, I want it there. I want it there now, I don't want to wait while it makes a long trek left or right across three monitors to the next space.
Okay I could restack spaces so they are on top of each other, not side to side. Still: keystroke, bamspiceweasel, done.
What: From terminal [3], send input to browser. 'Enter' 'Next' or 'Page Down' 'Page Up'. Slap text into an input box [Enter].
Why: Terminal is where I work. Stuff happens in term. Twitter. The company phone book from a shell script. I edit text there. [4] The web browser, when I'm working, is a reference. It contains how-to guides. Tutorials. Knowledge base stuff from vendors.
The browser is a television. I want a remote control.
[1] Linux or OS X need only apply.
[2] Wiki: Spaces (Software)
[3] Do I really need to footnote this?
[4] I play iTunes from terminal. It rocks.
What: Focus on an application window in Space1 [2]. Input a keystroke, send it to Space2.
Why: I have a window - an email, a pdf - it's in the wrong space. I need to refer to it while I doodle around in another virtual window. I don't want it here, I want it there. I want it there now, I don't want to wait while it makes a long trek left or right across three monitors to the next space.
Okay I could restack spaces so they are on top of each other, not side to side. Still: keystroke, bamspiceweasel, done.
What: From terminal [3], send input to browser. 'Enter' 'Next' or 'Page Down' 'Page Up'. Slap text into an input box [Enter].
Why: Terminal is where I work. Stuff happens in term. Twitter. The company phone book from a shell script. I edit text there. [4] The web browser, when I'm working, is a reference. It contains how-to guides. Tutorials. Knowledge base stuff from vendors.
The browser is a television. I want a remote control.
[1] Linux or OS X need only apply.
[2] Wiki: Spaces (Software)
[3] Do I really need to footnote this?
[4] I play iTunes from terminal. It rocks.
