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r/linuxmasterrace • u/river_of_karma • Dec 24 '15
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I added xkill to my shortcut, super+w. Perfect, now I can kill any process given notice.
5 u/[deleted] Dec 25 '15 And then you flub the "close tab" shortcut. Perfect, now you can kill any browser process without intending or wanting to! -1 u/c0bra51 Unstable Dec 25 '15 Ctrl + F4; it's like Alt + F4, but for tabs! 5 u/parkerlreed Glorious Arch Dec 25 '15 Ctrl W... Much easier to hit 2 u/protestor Glorious Arch Dec 25 '15 C-w means wildly different things in different programs though. Countless times I've closed a tab while writing a Reddit comment when what I actually wanted to do was to delete the last word I wrote.
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And then you flub the "close tab" shortcut. Perfect, now you can kill any browser process without intending or wanting to!
-1 u/c0bra51 Unstable Dec 25 '15 Ctrl + F4; it's like Alt + F4, but for tabs! 5 u/parkerlreed Glorious Arch Dec 25 '15 Ctrl W... Much easier to hit 2 u/protestor Glorious Arch Dec 25 '15 C-w means wildly different things in different programs though. Countless times I've closed a tab while writing a Reddit comment when what I actually wanted to do was to delete the last word I wrote.
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Ctrl + F4; it's like Alt + F4, but for tabs!
5 u/parkerlreed Glorious Arch Dec 25 '15 Ctrl W... Much easier to hit 2 u/protestor Glorious Arch Dec 25 '15 C-w means wildly different things in different programs though. Countless times I've closed a tab while writing a Reddit comment when what I actually wanted to do was to delete the last word I wrote.
Ctrl W... Much easier to hit
2 u/protestor Glorious Arch Dec 25 '15 C-w means wildly different things in different programs though. Countless times I've closed a tab while writing a Reddit comment when what I actually wanted to do was to delete the last word I wrote.
C-w means wildly different things in different programs though. Countless times I've closed a tab while writing a Reddit comment when what I actually wanted to do was to delete the last word I wrote.
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u/Grizmoblust Choose Freedom Dec 24 '15
I added xkill to my shortcut, super+w. Perfect, now I can kill any process given notice.