Alt-TAB behavior in Ubuntu's Gnome Shell

Default behavior group TAB of the same app is a pain for me. Changing this to show all individual windows is as follows.

• Open dconf-editor
• Go to org/gnome/desktop/wm/keybindings
• Move the value 'Tab' from switch-applications to switch-windows
• Optionally move 'Tab' from switch-applications-backward to switch-windows-backward
• If you want switch-windows to work across desktops, not just in the current desktop, you can also uncheck org/gnome/shell/window-switcher/current-workspace-only
• Close dconf-editor
• Press F2, then type r to restart Gnome.

The last step does not always appear to be necessary, but it should not hurt (especially since it does not close any of your running applications).

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Keepass and Cygwin's ssh

Since having Cygwin installed anf fully operational, I've let go of PuTTY a long time back.

But Keepass keeps the default ssh:// handler dependent on PuTTY.

Here is how to change it, and use Cygwin's plain old 'ssh' com MinTTY terminal.

On Keepass, Tools > Options > Integration, click 'URL Overrides' on the bottom right.

Untick the default ssh handler.

Next, create a new entry, with:

Scheme: ssh

URL override:
cmd://C:\cygwin\bin\mintty.exe -i /Cygwin-Terminal.ico -h error -e /usr/bin/bash -l -- ssh -l {USERNAME} -p {BASE:PORT} {BASE:HOST}
(adjust paths accordingly)

This has one caveat, where you need to always define the port number on the URL field, and not leave it blank...

example: ssh://host.name:22

One option is to create a wrapper for ssh, so it can handle URL formatted arguments (protocol://username@hostname:port), split it accordingly, and handle all the possible omissions.... but that's for another post....