Hi, > On Aug 7, 2016, at 9:16 PM, stepharo <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> On Jun 17, 2016, at 6:04 PM, Henrik Johansen <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> #alt_meta ? >>> - Maps to alt on OSX, ctrl on Win/Linux. >>> - Can only bind either #meta or #alt_meta + key, or both must bind to same >>> action. >>> - Can only be applied to a very limited set of keys, (usually those >>> employed in navigation). >>> (here are *alot* of different keyboard layouts on Mac using alt + key to >>> generate crucial characters, allowing alt + key as shortcut in general is >>> bound to end in disaster sooner or later) >> Thanks for the input! >> >> Indeed, using Alt for Mac for anything else than text is not so nice. >> However, on Mac we could use Ctrl. To this end, we could introduce a >> secondaryMeta that maps like this: >> - Mac: Ctrl >> - Win: Alt >> - Linux: Alt >> >> What do you think? > > Would be ok but why do we need secondary meta?
Having only one platform-independent modifier would likely not be enough to handle all key combinations we would want. I think that if we would have a second platform-independent modifier would not hurt. Cheers, Doru > Stef > > -- www.tudorgirba.com www.feenk.com "Obvious things are difficult to teach."
