Re: [Pan-users] Pan 0.13.2.90 keybinding question/poss. feature request

[Duncan]

On Thu 21 Nov 2002 16:24, Brad Sims posted as excerpted below:
> I know that pan now keeps keybindings between sessions, for which I am
> gratefull; but is there a way to restore the default keybindings short of
> zapping ~/.pan?

Try zapping the .pan/data/accels.txt file.

For some reason, probably related to one of the latest Mdk Cooker updates I 
did, GTK is now refusing to let me change the keybindings from the GUI, so I 
spent several hours yesterday first copying the file, then sorting the raw 
menu-item<>hotkey dump into something approaching human usable organization, 
then adding a table of all the keys actually used, then deleting the entries 
for the stuff I don't use enough to need a hotkey for, freeing them for use 
elsewhere, then changing and adding hotkey entries as needed, with several 
copy back and reload PAN to see my changes so far as I went along.

Thus, I know QUITE WELL where this file is located and what it does, by now.  
<g>

BTW...  A warning to anyone else attempting what I did...  As I learned back 
in the 0.11.x Gnome 1 version days, since Pan used a similar hotkey memory 
method back then, MAKE YOUR CHANGES TO A COPY, then copy it back as needed, 
because PAN over-writes the old file -- INCLUDING ALL YOUR HARD WORK SORTING 
IT, every time it closes and does another key-dump.  Thus, create your 
organized copy AS A COPY, to prevent having to redo all your sorting, next 
time you want to change something, and just copy over a new version of your 
organized file every time you want to change something.

Charles...  MAJOR KUDOS on reintroducing this feature.  Had I tried PAN as a 
newbie when it didn't have the feature, I'd have probably dumped it for 
KNode.  Luckily, I tried it first when keys were customizable, and stayed 
with PAN.  I am VERY glad to have that feature back!

-- 
Duncan
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