Re: Xorg replaces TTY1

From	John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Xorg replaces TTY1
Date	2015-11-26 20:20 +0100
Message-ID	<qzaff-Tv-17@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
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I wrote:
> So do I, and I have a decades-old muscle memory that tells me
> CNTRL-ALT-F1 will get me a logged-in console.  Having to reprogram that
> is a (minor) nuisance. It will be a much larger nuisance for the new
> users who will diligently read up on Linux before trying it (yes, there
> are people who do that) and learn that CNTRL-ALT-F1 gets them to a
> console and ALT-F7 gets them back to X.

Brian writes:
> For many readers (diligent or otherwise), isn't this a matter of
> updated documentation and re-education.

There is no getting rid of the old documentation and no way to mark it
obsolete.  This is a significant cost of human interface changes and
should be considered.
-- 
John Hasler 
jhasler@newsguy.com
Elmwood, WI USA

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Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 berenger.morel@neutralite.org - 2015-11-22 14:30 +0100
  Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-11-22 19:30 +0100
  Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2015-11-22 22:10 +0100
  Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 "John L. Ries" <jries@salford-systems.com> - 2015-11-23 18:40 +0100
    Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2015-11-23 19:10 +0100
    Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Anthony Campbell <ac@acampbell.uk> - 2015-11-25 10:10 +0100
      Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-11-25 11:00 +0100
      Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-11-25 20:30 +0100
        Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-11-27 06:20 +0100
      Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Marc Shapiro <marcnshap@gmail.com> - 2015-11-26 17:40 +0100
        Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2015-11-26 18:10 +0100
          Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-11-26 20:00 +0100
            Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2015-11-26 20:20 +0100
              Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI <renaud@olgiati-in-paraguay.org> - 2015-11-26 20:30 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-11-26 20:40 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2015-11-26 20:50 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI <renaud@olgiati-in-paraguay.org> - 2015-11-26 21:30 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-11-26 21:40 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI <renaud@olgiati-in-paraguay.org> - 2015-11-26 22:00 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2015-11-26 22:10 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-11-27 06:40 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2015-11-27 10:50 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-11-27 14:00 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2015-11-26 23:50 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2015-11-27 11:20 +0100
            Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-11-27 06:10 +0100
              Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Petter Adsen <petter@synth.no> - 2015-11-27 09:50 +0100
                Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 Mauro Condarelli <mc5686@mclink.it> - 2015-11-27 10:30 +0100
      Re: Xorg replaces TTY1 moxalt <moxalt@riseup.net> - 2015-11-27 20:00 +0100

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