Re: [Gimp-developer] Redo shortcut

2003-10-02 Thread pvt . benkovsk
On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 12:25:49PM +0200, Sven Neumann wrote: Hi, I wonder when and why the terminology of hardcoding a keybinding was introduced into this discussion. I simply don't understand it's meaning. If you think about having two different keybindings bound to a single menu entry,

Re: [Usability] Re: [Gimp-developer] Redo shortcut (was: Undo shortcut)

2003-10-01 Thread David Neary
Calum Benson wrote: Whimsical muse: since there are almost no other gtk/GNOME apps that use Redo (and the only one I can think of doesn't use Ctrl-Shift-Z either), it's not beyond the bounds of possibility that we might end up changing the HIG to whatever you decide anyway :) Well, thanks for

Re: [Gimp-developer] Redo shortcut

2003-09-29 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, I wonder when and why the terminology of hardcoding a keybinding was introduced into this discussion. I simply don't understand it's meaning. If you think about having two different keybindings bound to a single menu entry, this is AFAIK not possible with GTK+-2.x. And I can't think of any

Re: [Gimp-developer] Redo shortcut

2003-09-28 Thread usr352
Raphaël Quinet [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How many of these mails have been written by the 99% of the users who do not use the GIMP more than once per week (or month)? Yes, Do I count? When I have to redo in an app that I don't use frequently, I use the Edit menu to see how it's done. That was

Re: [Gimp-developer] Redo shortcut

2003-09-26 Thread Michael Natterer
David Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Marc A. Lehmann wrote: On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 11:39:44PM +0200, David Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm sure that ergonomy was considered for Photoshop when they chose Ctrl-Shift-Z for Redo... I do think it's overstating our importance somewhat to

Re: [Gimp-developer] Redo shortcut

2003-09-26 Thread Raphaël Quinet
On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 15:22:05 +0200, Michael Natterer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In the current situation, I think it's reasonable to fit in with what others do in the general case, which dynamic shortcuts provide a way to revert to the old behaviour. When

Re: [Gimp-developer] Redo shortcut

2003-09-26 Thread Phil Harper
From: Tom Mraz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gimp Developer List [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Gimp-developer] Redo shortcut Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 20:18:18 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: from lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU ([128.32.112.242]) by mc11-f15.hotmail.com with Microsoft

Re: [Gimp-developer] Redo shortcut (was: Undo shortcut)

2003-09-25 Thread David Neary
Marc A. Lehmann wrote: On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 11:39:44PM +0200, David Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm sure that ergonomy was considered for Photoshop when they chose Ctrl-Shift-Z for Redo... I do think it's overstating our importance somewhat to say that what's good for a large

Re: [Gimp-developer] Redo shortcut

2003-09-25 Thread Tom Mraz
I believe we could hard-code two keybindings to work as the default, couldn't we? Technically possible, but extremely horrible, since the user has to be educated about it. And since the only argument in favour of the less ergonomic C-S-Z is easier to learn, that sounds even worse than leaving it

Re: [Gimp-developer] Redo shortcut (was: Undo shortcut)

2003-09-25 Thread Raphaël Quinet
On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 20:08:02 +0200, David Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the current situation, I think it's reasonable to fit in with what others do in the general case, which dynamic shortcuts provide a way to revert to the old behaviour. When the others are everyone using a Mac, plus

Re: [Gimp-developer] Redo shortcut (was: Undo shortcut)

2003-09-24 Thread Phil Harper
updates) at the moment :( Phil. From: Nathan Carl Summers [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: David Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED], Branko Collin [EMAIL PROTECTED], Gimp Developer List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Gimp-developer] Redo shortcut (was: Undo shortcut) Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 09:50:58

Re: [Gimp-developer] Redo shortcut (was: Undo shortcut)

2003-09-24 Thread David Neary
Nathan Carl Summers wrote: I agree. Gimp's undo and redo feature differs from many other programs in that when comparing subtle changes it is useful to switch rapidly between the before and after views, while for a program such as a word processor, that is probably not a useful thing to do.

Re: [Gimp-developer] Redo shortcut (was: Undo shortcut)

2003-09-23 Thread David Neary
Hi, Sven Neumann wrote: Ack. IMHO the new keybinding (David changed it already) is really akward to use compared to the old one. And actually Ctrl-Shift-Z should better be left available so we can bind it to group undos later when this feature is implemented. (A group undo would allow to undo

Re: [Gimp-developer] Redo shortcut (was: Undo shortcut)

2003-09-23 Thread Nathan Carl Summers
/me returns from the hurricane, finally able to catch up on several days worth of email. On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: However I *love* the Ctrl-R binding, especially because it lets me quickly compare the done and undone versions of an image using a single hand with very

Re: [Gimp-developer] Redo shortcut (was: Undo shortcut)

2003-09-22 Thread usr352
Branko Collin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] BTW, I read in the Windows HIG that several shortcuts per function are supported, for reasons of backward compatibility. Would it be possible to have something similar in the GIMP? YES, please!! I fully agree that Shift-Ctrl-Z is The Right Thing

Re: [Gimp-developer] Redo shortcut (was: Undo shortcut)

2003-09-22 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: However I *love* the Ctrl-R binding, especially because it lets me quickly compare the done and undone versions of an image using a single hand with very little effort. Try to do it with Ctrl-Z/Shift-Ctrl-Z and you'll find that you need either very good

[Gimp-developer] Redo shortcut (was: Undo shortcut)

2003-09-21 Thread David Neary
Hi, Steinar H. Gunderson wrote: Why not Ctrl-Z, which is faster and which almost everybody knows already? Excuse me - the shortcut I'd like to change is Redo, which is currently Ctrl-R. Most apps in the Linux desktop space are now adopting some or all of the GNOME HIG in this regard. So - to

Re: [Gimp-developer] Redo shortcut (was: Undo shortcut)

2003-09-21 Thread Branko Collin
On 21 Sep 2003, at 14:12, David Neary wrote: Steinar H. Gunderson wrote: Why not Ctrl-Z, which is faster and which almost everybody knows already? Excuse me - the shortcut I'd like to change is Redo, which is currently Ctrl-R. Most apps in the Linux desktop space are now adopting some

Re: [Gimp-developer] Redo shortcut (was: Undo shortcut)

2003-09-21 Thread David Neary
Branko Collin wrote: On 21 Sep 2003, at 14:12, David Neary wrote: Excuse me - the shortcut I'd like to change is Redo, which is currently Ctrl-R. Most apps in the Linux desktop space are now adopting some or all of the GNOME HIG in this regard. So - to correct myself - I'd like to change

Re: [Gimp-developer] Redo shortcut (was: Undo shortcut)

2003-09-21 Thread Branko Collin
On 21 Sep 2003, at 14:51, Branko Collin wrote: On 21 Sep 2003, at 14:12, David Neary wrote: Steinar H. Gunderson wrote: Why not Ctrl-Z, which is faster and which almost everybody knows already? Excuse me - the shortcut I'd like to change is Redo, which is currently Ctrl-R. Most

Re: [Gimp-developer] Redo shortcut (was: Undo shortcut)

2003-09-21 Thread Branko Collin
On 21 Sep 2003, at 15:46, David Neary wrote: Branko Collin wrote: On 21 Sep 2003, at 14:12, David Neary wrote: Excuse me - the shortcut I'd like to change is Redo, which is currently Ctrl-R. Most apps in the Linux desktop space are now adopting some or all of the GNOME HIG in this