On Mon, May 01, 2006, Bill Janssen wrote: >Antoine: >> >> You cannot assign a >> global key shortcut to every command, while you can assign a local >> hotkey to any menu item. > > This seems like creeping featurism to me. I can see the accessibility > argument, but it is basically asking for the ability to drive an > interface designed for use with a pointing device, without using a > pointing device. I'm not sure this is a reasonable constraint. > > Global hot keys are the interface for a user without a pointing > device; menus are the interface for users with a pointing device. > This seems like a reasonable design. Trying to mix modes is asking > for complexity...
Your point being? I use Windows, OS X, and Linux. In all cases, I strive to maximize my use of the keyboard and minimize my use of pointing devices. I think it is entirely reasonable to expect that a GUI toolkit will at least make it straightforward to implement keyboard-based commands. -- Aahz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours." --Richard Bach _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
