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- Date: Thu, 2 Jun 94 18:12 BST-1
- From: Andre Willey <andre@cix.compulink.co.uk>
- Subject: Re: Proposal
- To: gem-list@world.std.com
- Message-Id: <memo.274602@cix.compulink.co.uk>
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- In <Pine.3.87.9406021220.C11025-0100000@undergrad>,
- millert@undergrad.csee.usf.edu wrote:
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- > So, what you're saying is that Pradip should scrap his whole method
- > for handling blocks for the sake of saving ctrl-A?
-
- No, you're the one who's worried about it, not the rest of us...
-
- > When the simple solution would be to change select-whole-document to
- > something else on the keyboard... end of story.
-
- If SHORTCUT.INF becomes a reality, you will be able to do exactly that.
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- In <H.ekK.6WVapAkpzJk@elfhaven.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca>,
- mforget@elfhaven.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca wrote:
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- > Well, I do make a distinction in MasterBrowse (using exactly the method
- > outlined above) but upon reflection I think it would be better not
- > to make a distinction. When typing, people ussually use the closest
- > shift key to the key they want to press, so forcing them to use one
- > key or the other might not be desirable.
-
- Agreed. There is enough to remember with Cont/Alt/Shift without adding
- a second shift key into the formula. Both shift keys should be regarded
- equally, unless there is some very good reason why not (possibly damage
- limitation, in the same manner that Control-Alt-Delete can't be hit by
- accident?)
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- In <Pine.3.87.9406021243.E11025-0100000@undergrad>,
- millert@undergrad.csee.usf.edu wrote:
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- > This would totally defeat the purpose of what we're doing. We should
- > make ONE complete, BULLET PROOF (which it is not quite yet) standard
- > and tell people to stick with it.
-
- Since you are the one who is most insistent that your system should have
- different shortcuts to those that everyone else is happy with, I suggest
- you back down gracefully on one point or the other. Which do you want -
- every program to use Control-A for 'Select All', or every program to use
- that as its default *unless* you ask it to do otherwise (via a simple
- global option)?
-
- Andre
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