On Nov 2, 2006, at 7:43 PM, Carlos Eduardo Rodrigues Diógenes wrote: > ... > I note that gnome-teminal uses ctrl + T, while epiphny uses ctrl + t to > create a new tab. These shortcut keys wouldn't have to be equal? > ...
The keyboard combinations used by graphical applications in Windows and Gnome, such as Ctrl+T, clash with longstanding keyboard combos used by many terminal applications for editing commands. Combination Terminal Gnome Ctrl+W delete to beginning of previous word close window/tab Ctrl+T transpose previous two characters new tab Ctrl+A go to beginning of line select all Ctrl+C break copy So because many people using gnome-terminal will expect Ctrl+W to delete, rather than to close the window, gnome-terminal has to use Shift+Ctrl+W where other applications use Ctrl+W. The same applies to Ctrl+T, Ctrl+C, and to other combos for internal consistency. Mac OS X avoids this problem by using Ctrl+letter for terminal editing commands, and Command+something for normal commands. And GNUstep avoids the problem by using Ctrl+letter for terminal editing commands, and Alt+letter for normal commands. -- Matthew Paul Thomas http://mpt.net.nz/ _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
