2011/7/13 Johnny Rosenberg <[email protected]>: > 2011/7/13 Tom Davies <[email protected]>: >> Hi :) >> +1 >> Lol, i totally agree. I just never thought about it. I did notice someone >> taking extravagant care in a very precise guide ages ago. Hmm Ctrl+c would >> be >> Ctrl and the + key and the c? I got told off for using the + one time. I >> have >> even been told off for using the space too but it's too confusing for a >> higher >> percentage of people if they saw Ctrlc in a guide. There is an old 'joke' >> about >> spending hours looking for the "Any" key. I think Ctrl+c is fine unless you >> bump into my old, very fussy and ex boss. >> Regards from >> Tom :) > > Well, if the rules for key combinations are what I tried to insinuate, > Ctrl+c does not mean ”hit Ctrl, then hit + and then hit c”. Ctrl + c > would. > Remember? > Compose o c ⇨ © > I didn't type Compose oc or Composeoc… > > I am not saying that I am absolutely right here, but I think this is a > good syntax: Use a space to separate key pressings, use a ”+” if > several keys must be pressed at the same time (like AltGr+Shift+f or > whatever). I have seen some people using a ”-” instead, which is okay > for me, but I think the ”+” better describes what's going on. Well, > that's my opinion anyway. > > Well, enough about this, I guess. Sorry for continuing being off topic… ☺
Just one tiny little thing… let's not forget the Emacs way of doing it: C-x C-c, M-x command and so on… With ”my” syntax the first one would be Ctrl+x Ctrl+c, which takes up more space and takes longer to type unless you don't use AutoKey or similar for text expansion (which I do…). Kind regards Johnny Rosenberg ジョニー・ローゼンバーグ > > > Kind regards > > Johnny Rosenberg > ジョニー・ローゼンバーグ > >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Johnny Rosenberg <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Wed, 13 July, 2011 18:01:43 >> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] How to abbreviate the first name of the >> author? >> >> 2011/7/13 Tom Davies <[email protected]>: >>> Hi :) >>> Keyboard short-cuts sometimes work when menus don't >>> Ctrl C = copy >>> Ctrl X = cut (X looks a little like a pair of scissors) >>> Ctrl V = Paste >>> Ctrl Shift V = sometimes pastes 'without formatting' (doesn't work in my >>> web-based email program) >> ✁ >> >> Sorry for this being very off topic, but why does most people write >> Ctrl C, Ctrl V and so on? Shouldn't it rather be Ctrl c, Ctrl v? >> Ctrl C should be the same thing as Ctrl Shift c, shouldn't it? Since C >> is the same as Shift c, I mean (unless you didn't create your own very >> suspect keyboard layout, of course… like I did, but not THAT suspect… >> ☺ >> >> I would even prefer writing like Ctrl+c, since the ”+” indicates that >> ”Ctrl” should not be released before the ”c” is hit. That way this >> syntax for the Compose key makes sense: Compose o c ⇨ © (press the >> compose key, release it, press o, release it, press c, release it ⇨ a >> © appears at the cursor's position). >> >> Once again, sorry for being off topic here, I just couldn't stop myself… ☺ >> >> >> Kind regards >> >> Johnny Rosenberg >> ジョニー・ローゼンバーグ >> >> -- >> Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] >> In case of problems unsubscribing, write to [email protected] >> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >> deleted >> >> -- >> Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] >> In case of problems unsubscribing, write to [email protected] >> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >> deleted >> > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] In case of problems unsubscribing, write to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
