Re: Default command key under X11

[Wolfgang Lux]

Eric Wasylishen wrote:

> Why don't we change the default command key under X11 to Control?
>
> My reasoning is that the most important uses of keyboard modifiers  
> (by far) are the CUA key combinations like ctrl+c for copy, ctrl-v  
> for paste, ctrl+z for undo, etc., and since every other X11 toolkit  
> uses the Control key for these by default, I think GS should as  
> well. It's really jarring to have to switch between Ctrl when using  
> non-GNUstep apps and Alt when using GS apps. I know you can  
> configure this using user defaults, but we should be using settings  
> that fit in with gtk/qt by default, I think. Thoughts?

I'd feel rather unhappy with that change as it will break many emacs  
key bindings in NSTextView. Here are my favorite four:
Ctrl-A: "move to beginning of line"  vs. Cmd-A "select all"
Ctrl-B: "move one char backward"     vs. Cmd-B "bold"
Ctrl-E: "move to end of line"        vs. Cmd-E "enter selection into  
find panel" (if you have one)
Ctrl-F: "move one char forward"      vs. Cmd-F "find panel"

(and don't tell me that char backward and forward are on the arrow  
keys; its faster to type control-char combinations when you are  
entering text),

Wolfgang