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- Subject: Re: MAUS
- Date: Tue, 31 May 1994 16:34:02 +0200 (MDT)
- In-Reply-To: <H.ekK.VKSU_D7dCds@elfhaven.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca> from "Michel Forget" at May 22, 94 01:33:54 am
- From: Annius.Groenink@cwi.nl (Annius Groenink)
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- > 1) The method of changing a keypress should be standard for
- > all programs that support it.
-
- > 2) The name of the menu selection (and the keyboard shortcut
- > that activates it) should be the same for all programs that
- > support this feature should be the same.
-
- Yes! And there should be a default key combination for the entry, so
- we can squeak it into our proposal...
-
- > 3) The <Alternate> key should not be used as a keyboard shortcut
- > modifier, since users in France use that key to generate
- > certain accent characters.
-
- And because more and more programs have dialogs in windows which use alt+key
- combinations for different buttons depending on which dialog is active.
-
- > [> - The user should be warned when s/he introduces a key combination
- > [> that is bound to another operation in the official (be it
- > [> Atari, German or GEM-list) standard.
- >
- > Good idea, Annius. Should it ask for confirmation, though, or just
- > outright refuse. I'm personally in favour of having the application ask
- > for confirmation. The user might not care very much about what we
- > think he should use as a keyboard shortcut...
-
- Yes, that's what I had in mind as well. But you think we should force
- the user to comfirm three times instead of just once?
-
-
- User: I want to change binding of Undo for Cancel to
- Alt + O 'Oops...'
-
- Computer: Hm. Are you sure. Press Alt + O for OK,
- Undo for Cancel.
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- User: Alt + O (thinking what?)
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