-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 LeeE wrote: > 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. On Swedish keyboard at least, Ctrl-\ is near unusable, it means: Ctrl-AltGr-+ to get a \ Please consider non-English users.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:KB_Sweden.svg for how the Swedish one looks. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_layout contains several more layouts. > > 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 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHTnmmWmK6ng/aMNkRCiZ3AKCb8V3z9xBDYHHa3AjKfHVdh8Co8QCghmPY WZ0ps17kouXhKFgDRzAzCHo= =oNy5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
