#6251 NORM Never A: Skip Journal when switching activities with alt-tab

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#6251: Skip Journal when switching activities with alt-tab
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  Reporter:  HoboPrimate  |       Owner:  marco         
      Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new           
  Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Never Assigned
 Component:  sugar        |     Version:                
Resolution:               |    Keywords:                
  Verified:  0            |    Blocking:                
 Blockedby:               |  
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Comment(by mikus):

 Until I install a tabbed Terminal, I definitely want to switch back and
 forth between two (non-console) CLI windows.  [The primary repository for
 my files is on an SD card, whose contents I normally access through
 Terminal.  I simply don't __think__ the way you expect your target OLPC
 users to be thinking.]

 The back-and-forth capability is available now, with Alt-Tab going in one
 direction through the activities, and Ctl-Alt-Tab going in the other
 direction.  But it is bothersome to remember which key-sequence to use
 when.  Much simpler if always just using Alt-Tab.

 While I admire the Journal, I find it cumbersome to use.  I would go
 bonkers if I had to cycle multiple times through suspending my interaction
 with an activity, going off and finding something using the Journal, then
 going back and resuming where I left off.  [I tested with the "Tab-
 sequences skip over Journal" patch installed -- not being shown the
 Journal View (nor the Main view) when going between activities saved me
 both time and distraction.]


 It might be a "Shortcut-sequence" rather than a "Tab-sequence", but I
 definitely want the capability to ping-pong between two specific
 activities (when three or more are open).

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