On 1 Oct 2003 at 0:03, P Witte wrote: . > > I already use this keystroke in a number of my programs for the purpose (F5 > in Qwirc, FF and others, and F10 in older programs) so in my case Id want to > override, disable or avoid this facility in individual programs.
Err, no, you wouldn't - this keystoke NEVER gets to the application, anyway, even now! (...) > We could of course all walk round in Mao-suits then no one would be > embarrassed for mis-dressing at dinner parties. ;) People use different > platforms, have different keyboards, different disabilities, different > needs.. Choice is not always a luxury. Perhaps not, but standards are quite important, too. (...) > Actually Ctrl+c seems a good (optional) choice to copy the keyboard queue Not to me - but this is a personal choice: I just dont't want to get too "windowized". (...) > If the application programmer can find out what keys the system is > configured to use then a program can use (or avoid) these keys, ie forget > the suggestion of setting a bit: Set the complete keycode somewhere in > sysvars - as for Change Queue. Umpf, can't say I'd like that scheme too much. You mean every application should have to find out what keystroke is 'occupied'? Surely not! Better to have standard keystrokes and let every application avoid them! Wolfgang
