[sugar] [PATCH] fix #4646 - replace/normalize some keyboard shortcuts
Eben Eliason
eben.eliason at gmail.com
Tue Apr 29 13:00:02 EDT 2008
On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 12:50 PM, Benjamin M. Schwartz
<bmschwar at fas.harvard.edu> wrote:
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> Eben Eliason wrote:
> | ALT - "alternate" shortucts...modifications of the corresponding
> | primary shortcuts, eg. "copy and erase" (cut)
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> | Of course, now that you point it out, I think that ctrl-esc might be
> | the only global non-ALT shortcut. So if others argue strongly against
> | using ctrl-esc, I'll leave it to a democratic decision.
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> I think alt-esc might be better, for consistency. It's also entirely
> consistent with your description above. Personally, I usually think of
> "cut" as a strengthened, more dangerous form of copy. Similarly, alt-esc
> (close this window) is a strengthened, more dangerous form of Esc, which
> typically means something like "request politely to leave current action".
Yup...makes sense. This is why I certainly don't feel the need to
argue against it.
- Eben
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