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Re: Default command key under X11
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Riccardo Mottola |
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Re: Default command key under X11 |
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Tue, 03 May 2011 08:37:42 +0200 |
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Hi,
I think this is a reasonable way. We already allow remapping. Control,
alt, meta... are all going to create conflicts. Since I use use GNUstep
alone, I am happy with the current bindings.
SystemPreferences allows you to change the defaults and if you need "CUA"
compatible bindings, it makes sense to activate them with a cua-following
theme.
Standard GNUstep doesn't follow CUA to begin with.
Riccardo
In data 02 maggio 2011 alle ore 11:09:20, Richard Frith-Macdonald
<address@hidden> ha scritto:
On 2 May 2011, at 04:36, Eric Wasylishen wrote:
Hey,
Why don't we change the default command key under X11 to Control?
My reasoning is that the most important uses of keyboard modifiers (by
far) are the CUA key combinations like ctrl+c for copy, ctrl-v for
paste, ctrl+z for undo, etc., and since every other X11 toolkit uses
the Control key for these by default, I think GS should as well. It's
really jarring to have to switch between Ctrl when using non-GNUstep
apps and Alt when using GS apps. I know you can configure this using
user defaults, but we should be using settings that fit in with gtk/qt
by default, I think. Thoughts?
I would say ... because the control key is already defined and has its
own uses ... control and command keys are separate ... I imagine it
would mess lots of stuff up if you tried to use one key for two purposes.
Probably what you are really looking for is an alternative mapping of
keyboard shortcuts ...I would have thought it would make sense to define
a theme to remap standard shortcuts any way you like, without conflating
the concepts of the different keys as far as the API is concerned.
So, when using a gnome theme, you would remap the keyboard shortcuts in
the menus to match whatever is normal in gnome ... but the gui internals
and API would remain consistent and OSX/OpenStep compatible.
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- Default command key under X11, Eric Wasylishen, 2011/05/01
- Re: Default command key under X11, Banlu Kemiyatorn, 2011/05/02
- Re: Default command key under X11, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller, 2011/05/02
- Re: Default command key under X11, Wolfgang Lux, 2011/05/02
- Re: Default command key under X11, Richard Frith-Macdonald, 2011/05/02
- Re: Default command key under X11, Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf, 2011/05/02