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- From: Julian Reschke <reschke@GOEDEL.UNI-MUENSTER.DE>
- Subject: Re: Proposal v5
- Date: Thu, 9 Jun 94 10:17:29 MET DST
- In-Reply-To: <199406081354.a4635@do.maus.de>; from "Michael Filipiak" at Jun 08, 94 1:54 pm
- Precedence: bulk
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- >
- > A>Nearly all German programs use CTRL-M instead of Shift-CTRL-S (CTRL-M
- > A>is the 'German standard' published in Profibuch). I don't know the way
- > A>it is handled in other countrys. Shift-CTRL-S is more logical, but I
- > A>think we should follow existing standards as close as possible.
- >
- > Correct me if I'm wrong ;-), but the basic idea of this Gem-List is to
- > create a new standard for all applications, isn't it? Certainly the new
-
- No, it isn't.
-
- > SC for "Save as..." will be a litttle bit irritating for some users but
- > it's more logical. And after some time everybody will use the new SC.
-
- Nope. First of all, there are a *lot* of applications that aren't supported
- nowadays. And even for those which are still in development, it's hard to
- tell your customers, why they should have to switch to new shortcuts, when
- they are used to the current set since years.
-
- > Don't let us make the mistake to take over old STandards only because
-
- I thought that the idea of his proposal is more POSIX-like. Not to *change*
- existing practice, but to document it. I doubt that any major developer
- will change his existing code just to make the readers of this list happy.
-
- > they're used. Or has anybody used ATARI's SC "^W" for closing a window?
- > Standards must be logical clear for the user so we have to use "Shift-
- > CTRL-S " anyhow.
- >
- > Bye FLYNN
- >
-
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- Julian F. Reschke, Hensenstr. 142, D-48161 Muenster
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