I'm not talking about menu shortcuts, I'm talking about PDFView- specific text-movement commands, like page up/down, next/previous page, etc. The keystrokes recognized by PDFView are in some cases not the best for laptop users: for example, the keyboard shortcut for page up requires two hands (function + up arrow). I personally have never had a use for the nudge left/right commands; for me, these keys would be much more useful as page up/down. Additionally, I very often go from reading a PDF to text editing with vi, so that using h,j,k,l with number modifiers for page motion is very natural.
I understand about not wanting to overly complicate user preferences. However, in the description of the program, it says "designed to help you read and annotate scientific papers": I don't think that fellow scientists would have much problem understanding a few more options. Josh On 5 Sep, 2007, at 2:08 PM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > I really don't like adding customizable hot keys. Apart from the fact > that it requires extra preferences it is really of limited use for > Skim. Most events already have shortcuts. And menu events that don't > have them can be given shortcuts in the system preferences. Moreover > as there are already many events customization can easily lead to > conflicts. > > Christiaan > > On 5 Sep 2007, at 7:49 PM, Twisted Theory Software wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm interested in implementing customizable hot keys for pdf page >> motions and zoom actions. >> >> I've already implemented this for another project, and I think with >> some minor modifications, it could be dropped right into Skim. It >> works as follows; >> >> I have an object which contains all the information about the hot >> keys, and interacts with the user defaults via the key "Shortcuts". >> There should only be one of these objects in the application. It is >> capable of returning string descriptions of the shortcuts (such as >> Command-Shift-D, with symbols for the modifier keys). This is useful >> for displaying the keys in a preferences window. >> >> Then, in a subclass of PDFView, I have a custom performKeyEquivalent >> method, which interacts with the object containing information about >> the hot keys. I note that the subclass of PDFView used by Skim does >> not change this method, so that my version could be dropped in >> directly. The custom method tells the PDFView what to do by sending >> it keydown messages. >> >> Additionally, I have a hacky way to set hotkeys, using a subclass of >> NSPanel to capture the new key. This would probably need to be >> changed, since you can set any combination, including those in use by >> the menu items. >> >> So, the thing is, I don't have any experience using SVN, so I don't >> know how to contribute the changes. Additionally, I don't want to >> break anything, and I'd appreciate some assistance integrating my >> classes into Skim. >> >> To see the program currently using the hotkey implementation, please >> visit http://www.twistedtheorysoftware.com/maclit >> >> Josh >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> - >> --- >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. >> Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. >> Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a >> browser. >> Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ >> _______________________________________________ >> skim-app-develop mailing list >> skim-app-develop@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-develop > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a > browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > skim-app-develop mailing list > skim-app-develop@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-develop ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ skim-app-develop mailing list skim-app-develop@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-develop
