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[leonerd]

I've been accused recently of not posting to my journal enough. If truth be told, it's largely because I don't think I ever do anything, or have anything to say, that would be of wider interest to many people at once. So perhaps I'll start writing some more specific things and see what the reaction is.

I've recently been writing a program that

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[stevolteon]

Likewise I tend not to update often, certainly not as often as I used to, because like you I think of it in terms of what other people find interesting. It intrigues me, because of course usually a journal would be written without expecting others to read it necessarily. Says something about the nature of LiveJournal I suppose.

[leonerd]

That's why there's a "post comment" button so easily placed. Traditionally a journal was written in a paper book, perhaps with a lock to prevent others from reading it. Most people treat a LiveJournal quite the opposite - they write things specifically because they want others to read.

I guess everyone's just after their 15 minutes of fame?

[kasyx]

Have you had a look at the WMs to see how they handle events? I agree that it is intriguing and would be very beneficial, plus there are some wide reaching applications you might not have thought of - a universal macro recorder for example.

Will you allow keybindings to action key presses to this end? For example Meta+Ctrl+V drops down my console and pastes what has just been copied, which would normally (for me) consist of ~ then Ctrl+V (I know this is a simplistic example, but it is concise).