On Fri, 2007-08-10 at 00:23 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Aug 2007, Lars Clausen wrote:
> 
> > I have my doubts about what would be best for entering.  My ideas so far 
> > are
> >
> > 1) Press "Enter" to start editing text.  Pro: Frees all other keys for
> > shortcuts.  Con: Non-obvious
> 
> Sounds ok to me, although somewhat non-obvious. I'd expect that clicking 
> inside a text inset (so that you place the cursor somewhere), would leave 
> me in text mode by default by the way.

Remember that some objects are nothing but text inset.  Just using
clicking could cause some confusion if you double-click timing is off or
if you are trying to move something.

> Perhaps a con is that a user might expect 'Enter' to insert an enter. 
> OTOH, since he doesn't get one, he'll just press enter again.  It'd be 
> nice with a strong visual guide telling you what mode you are in.

A strong visual indication of edit mode is a given.

-Lars

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