Re: Default command key under X11

[Riccardo Mottola]

Hi,

I think this is a reasonable way. We already allow remapping. Control,
alt, meta... are all going to create conflicts. Since I use use GNUstep
alone, I am happy with the current bindings.
SystemPreferences allows you to change the defaults and if you need "CUA"
compatible bindings, it makes sense to activate them with a cua-following
theme.

Standard GNUstep doesn't follow CUA to begin with.

Riccardo

In data 02 maggio 2011 alle ore 11:09:20, Richard Frith-Macdonald
<address@hidden> ha scritto:

> On 2 May 2011, at 04:36, Eric Wasylishen wrote:
>
> > Hey,
> >
> > 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 would say ... because the control key is already defined and has its  
> own uses ... control and command keys are separate ... I imagine it  
> would mess lots of stuff up if you tried to use one key for two purposes.
> Probably what you are really looking for is an alternative mapping of  
> keyboard shortcuts ...I would have thought it would make sense to define  
> a theme to remap standard shortcuts any way you like, without conflating  
> the concepts of the different keys as far as the API is concerned.
>
> So, when using a gnome theme, you would remap the keyboard shortcuts in  
> the menus to match whatever is normal in gnome ... but the gui internals  
> and API would remain consistent and OSX/OpenStep compatible.
>
>
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