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- From: gribnif@genie.geis.com
- Date: Mon, 13 Jun 94 18:13:00 UTC
- To: gem-list@world.std.com
- Subject: Proposal 6 (fwd)
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- Re: Keyboard equivalents
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- I have never understood the decision to make Control-U the equivalent for
- closing the topmost window. This keypress is probably one of the most
- commonly used, and yet it is impossible to type with one hand (unless you
- use your thumb, like I sometimes have to.) The most commonly used keyboard
- equivalents should be typeable with just the left hand, so that the right
- hand can be on the mouse. ^Q, ^F and ^S are this way, and work quite well.
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- I suggest using ^W to close windows, and a different keypress to cycle
- them. Granted, this would make it difficult for all of the German programs
- which already use ^U, but I suppose there would have been other cases where
- conflicts exist, anyway.
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- The remainder of the equivalents listed seem to be fine to me.
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- Dan Wilga
- Gribnif Software
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- Gribnif@genie.geis.com
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