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- Date: Mon, 20 Jun 94 02:01:45 +0200
- From: Vincent.Lefevre@lip.ens-lyon.fr
- Message-Id: <9406200001.AA19991@lip.ens-lyon.fr>
- To: gem-list@world.std.com
- Subject: Re: Digested Replies
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- Warwick Allison:
- > > home - nothing
- > ...
- > This is just plain silly. The only time a key combination should be
- > avoided for the `can be hit by mistake' reason is if the keypress causes
- > (directly or indirectly) irrevocable harm. You go to the top of the
- > document? Big deal. Page back down. Next, computers keyboards will
- > have a `I mean it' button that you have to keep pressed or else all
- > other keys are ignored. Besides, a simple `Go Back' feature can fix this.
-
- OK. Let's add a `Go Back' feature (and a shortcut). Mark shortcuts should
- also be added, if supported. I suggest:
- CTRL-0 - go back
- CTRL-1 to CTRL-9 - go to mark 1 - 9
- SHIFT-CTRL-1 to SHIFT-CTRL-9 - put a mark
-
- Evan K. Langlois:
- > Now, how I feel about keyboard short-cuts and how others feel are different.
- > The APP_DEFS.INF file is the best way. THAT is where the standard should
- > be, and the default entries in APP-DEFS.INF can be decided by the list
- > or by the programmer. You could even set the way block selection works,
- > and what happens when you type something when a block is selected (overwrite
- > or insert, or deselect).
- I agree. The block-handling method should be stored in this file so that the
- user could choose the method he prefers.
-
- Waldi Ravens:
- > - Current customers will complain if all/most shortcuts will be changed
- > in the next release. One must at least offer them a choice between
- > the new set of shortcuts and the one they are used to.
- >
- > From a users point of view, have a look at your own words:
- >
- > > Vincent Lefevre:
- > >> closing a window is more frequent than cycling windows.
- > >
- > > That may be true for you, but generally it's the other way around.
- If all the shortcuts are stored in a file (see above), it will solve these
- problems.
-
- About closing/cycling windows, I prefer:
- CTRL-W - close
- CTRL-TAB - cycle
- Note that these two shortcuts can be easily typed with one hand.
-
- The French word processor Le Redacteur 3/4/+ has a key (ESC) to invert the
- last two characters. A shortcut for this function should be added.
-
- Vincent Lefevre.
-