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Finch (Best command line communicator)

Frequently Used Shortcuts

  • Alt + q - quit
  • Alt + c - close window
  • Alt + n - next window
  • Alt + p - previous window
  • Alt + a - View available actions
  • Alt + w - list of windows
  • Alt + m - move window
  • Alt + r - resize window
  • F10 - Show menu for current window
  • Alt + tab - next URGENT window
  • Alt + Shift + tab - previous urgent window

Finch Control File

Finch control file named as 

~/.gntrc

Changing Default Key Bindings

Here's a small example taken from finch FAQ to show how to rebind alt+ctrl+n to switch to the next window: In ~/.gntrc, add

[GntWM::binding]
c-a-n = window-next

Note that, the default binding alt+n will continue to switch to the next window. If you want to unbind that, add

[GntWM::binding]
a-c-n = window-next
a-n=
To see the list of available rebindable actions for the focused widget, press "alt+/".