On 2. svi. 2011., at 11:09, Richard Frith-Macdonald wrote: > > 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.
Agreed here. When rebooting into Linux on my tripleboot Mac, I love being able to keep the shortcuts as they were, but I understand the needs of GNOME/Windows users. Themes should perhaps be able to suggest switching the mappings. -- Ivan Vučica [email protected] - http://ivan.vucica.net/ Coming soon for iPhone, Zombie Ball - http://j.mp/zbivmail
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