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Make rendering of key bindings more consistent

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- Render key names and key bindings verbatim if they could be used like
  that in the configuration (no special format for "colloquial" names:
  Alt, Windows, ...)
- Use only lower case letters for key bindings
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Adaephon-GH 2015-10-21 13:58:45 +02:00 committed by Michael Stapelberg
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@ -33,15 +33,15 @@ above, just decline i3-config-wizard’s offer and base your config on
== Using i3
Throughout this guide, the keyword +$mod+ will be used to refer to the
configured modifier. This is the Alt key (Mod1) by default, with the Windows
key (Mod4) being a popular alternative.
configured modifier. This is the Alt key (+Mod1+) by default, with the Windows
key (+Mod4+) being a popular alternative.
=== Opening terminals and moving around
One very basic operation is opening a new terminal. By default, the keybinding
for this is $mod+Enter, that is Alt+Enter in the default configuration. By
pressing $mod+Enter, a new terminal will be opened. It will fill the whole
space available on your screen.
for this is +$mod+Enter+, that is Alt+Enter (+Mod1+Enter+) in the default
configuration. By pressing +$mod+Enter+, a new terminal will be opened. It
will fill the whole space available on your screen.
image:single_terminal.png[Single terminal]
@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ image:two_terminals.png[Two terminals]
To move the focus between the two terminals, you can use the direction keys
which you may know from the editor +vi+. However, in i3, your homerow is used
for these keys (in +vi+, the keys are shifted to the left by one for
compatibility with most keyboard layouts). Therefore, +$mod+J+ is left, +$mod+K+
is down, +$mod+L+ is up and `$mod+;` is right. So, to switch between the
terminals, use +$mod+K+ or +$mod+L+. Of course, you can also use the arrow keys.
compatibility with most keyboard layouts). Therefore, +$mod+j+ is left, +$mod+k+
is down, +$mod+l+ is up and `$mod+;` is right. So, to switch between the
terminals, use +$mod+k+ or +$mod+l+. Of course, you can also use the arrow keys.
At the moment, your workspace is split (it contains two terminals) in a
specific direction (horizontal by default). Every window can be split
@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ create a keybinding for starting the application directly. See the section
=== Closing windows
If an application does not provide a mechanism for closing (most applications
provide a menu, the escape key or a shortcut like +Control+W+ to close), you
provide a menu, the escape key or a shortcut like +Control+w+ to close), you
can press +$mod+Shift+q+ to kill a window. For applications which support
the WM_DELETE protocol, this will correctly close the application (saving
any modifications or doing other cleanup). If the application doesn’t support
@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ with a text editor.
On first start (and on all following starts, unless you have a configuration
file), i3 will offer you to create a configuration file. You can tell the
wizard to use either Alt (Mod1) or Windows (Mod4) as modifier in the config
wizard to use either Alt (+Mod1+) or Windows (+Mod4+) as modifier in the config
file. Also, the created config file will use the key symbols of your current
keyboard layout. To start the wizard, use the command +i3-config-wizard+.
Please note that you must not have +~/.i3/config+, otherwise the wizard will