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List:       flightgear-devel
Subject:    Re: [Flightgear-devel] keys and namespace
From:       Erik Hofman <erik () ehofman ! com>
Date:       2004-01-31 23:08:44
Message-ID: 401C357C.5060105 () ehofman ! com
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Josh Babcock wrote:
> Should we reserve a set of keys to be used in aircraft-set files?  We 
> already have Ctrl-B and C that I know of, and I'm working on a plane 
> that will have at least one aircraft specific control.  Do we leave it 
> up to the code developers to know all of the aircraft so they don't step 
> on existing aircraft specific keys when adding some new funcionality to 
> flightgear, or would it be smart to agree on some set of reserved keys?  
> That way aircraft designers won't have to worry about conflicts with 
> future additions to Flightgear.  All this really has to be is a piece of 
> documentation so everybody knows what to expect in the future.  It would 
> also be helpful for people who like to configure their own keyboard 
> layout and don't want to clobber some neat toy in an airplane model that 
> is yet to be built.

Jim suggested to leave the ctrl key bindings to be aircraft specific, 
and I like this idea. Lets define the ctrl combinations for actions that 
are not available in every aircraft (speedbrake, engine boost, 
drag-chute, thrust reverse, etc).

Erik


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