Ctrl-Alt-Keypad+/- do not zoom in latest Xorg

[Eric Battersby]

On Wed, 19 Aug 2009, Lennart Sorensen wrote:

> Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:14:37 -0400
> From: Lennart Sorensen <lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org>
> Reply-To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> Subject: Re: [TLUG]: Ctrl-Alt-Keypad+/- do not zoom in latest Xorg
> 
> On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 04:08:58PM -0400, Eric Battersby wrote:
>> I am using xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.6.1.901-1.fc11.i586.
>> Does anyone know how to regain use of "Ctrl-Alt-Keypad+/-"
>> for zooming on the screen?
>>
>> There is no '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'.
>> I can regenerate 'xorg.conf' using 'Xorg -configure'.
>> I can add the 'Modes' line into the 'SubSection "Display"', but
>> the special keys still do not work.
>> The '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' is recognized as shown in '/var/log/Xorg.0.log'.
>>
>> I know about 'xrandr', but I couldn't get that to work the same.
>
> control-alt-backspace doens't kill X anymore either, so I guess many of
> the old keystrokes have been removed.

"Ctrl-Alt-Backspace" works for me!  I use it all the time to kill X.
I didn't think that these keystrokes were removed on purpose,
but then I found this:
   https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14688

   When xrandr 1.2 was added, the support for ctrl-alt-+/- shortcut for
   cycling between the available modes was dropped.
   ...
   (comment)
   I'd like to say I think the loss of the simple, fast means to zoom by
   the AKP+/- is silly and annoying. It was there, it worked, why remove
   it? Did it actually cause a problem, or is this just a case of "it is
   old and not the new hotness, so lets remove it!" If it really caused a
   problem then that problem should be described here so that people can
   understand the issue.

   If the distro vendor want to replace that functionality, let the
   distro vendor add DontZoom to xorg.conf and set up the alternative.

That's exactly right!
There is NO good reason to remove a feature that has been present
for 15y.  If you really want to turn it off, use "Option DontZoom".
These kinds of policy changes are aggravating.

--
Eric B.

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