On Wednesday 28 November 2007 10:18, Stuart Buchanan wrote: > Hi All, > > I've added the key assignments currently defined in keyboard.xml to > the wiki page, so that we can easily see what assignments people > think are missing, and any inconsistencies: > > http://wiki.flightgear.org/flightgear_wiki/index.php?title=Keyboard_f >unction_priority_list > > Note that this only lists the key assignments for the functions that > people have added to the wiki. It doesn't list all the current key > assignments so shouldn't be used to work out which keys are available > :) > > I think it might be worth making a couple of small changes for the > 0.9.11 release to make the key assignments more consistent, and to > define which blocks of keys we want to reserve for aircraft > designers, and which we will reserver for user's own custom > assignments. That way we have a strategy going forwards, and > designers of new aircraft will have some confidence that they will > not be treading on other peoples toes. > > >From looking at the list, one thing that looks worth resolving are > > the speedbrakes, spoilers and slats assignments. The current key > > assignment for Speedbrakes assumes that the brakes are on/off, and > > at least in the case of the Vulcan, they have multiple positions. I > > don't fly big iron much, but I'd guess that slats can similarly > > have multiple positions. Anyone care to comment? > > It might be worth adding a new list to the wiki page of the current > functions for which there is a keyboard assignment we no-longer need. > For example, the time warp and simulation rate key assignments which > we will no-longer need once someone commits my Time of Day dialog > changes ;) > > -Stuart
Re the secondary flight controls, we need to allow for separate ground steering and rudder control, in addition to differential braking - with tandem and quadracycle landing gear you need to steer independently in cross-winds - linking the ground steering with the rudder doesn't work too well :) It is also something that needs easy access to - I've been using Ctrl-'\' & 'z' for this (I think they're currently unassigned or not appropriate for the B-52). On my uk keyboard they're all conveniently close together on the left-hand side of the k/b and it's easy enough to hold down the Ctrl key with the little finger and operate the '\' and 'z' keys with the other fingers. LeeE ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
