NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #30/NN_1992_30.iso/spool/comp/sys/next/misc/22998

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From: [e-mail] (Paul Lynch)
Subject: Re: Reassigning command key equivalents without editing .nib ??
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Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 10:01:10 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail]
(Izumi Ohzawa) writes:
> Aaarrggghh,  all convenient command keys equivalents are already
> taken by apps like Edit and Mail, and I don't have any more key
> equivalents to give to a service provider application.
>
> Is there a way to remove a specific command key equivalent
> on a app-by-app basis, so I can give that to a service ?
> I know I can do this by editing .nib files, but am looking for
> a way that does not mess with bundled app files -- possibly via
> dwrites.
>
> Note that I do not want to disable a particular command key for
> an app.  I would like to take it off from normal menu items of
> an app, so it can appear instead on an item in Services menu.

Have you considered using Keyboard Alternatives (from Menu Preferences) in
the Preferences app.  This reassigns a command key to a Menu item,
whichever apps it may appear in.

If you use italic'ed command keys, you have a lot more to choose from
(these are Command-Alt, I think).  Possibly services apps should use those
in preference to normal and shifted keys.

Paul
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