From kde-core-devel  Thu Jul 06 20:39:23 2006
From: Chusslove Illich <caslav.ilic () gmx ! net>
Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2006 20:39:23 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: modifier-only shortcuts
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> [: Andriy Rysin :]
> 6) the only suggestion I can do to people right now for KDE3 is to use
> smth like Ctrl+Menu (which I am using myself) or Ctrl+/ which MAY happen
> to be together on your keyboard. The problem is obvious - many keyboards
> either don't have those keys or they are not together.

I myself use RWin only (through a bit trickery with options in Kxkb).=20
Incidentally, in Gnome's layout manager I can chose RWin (or any other=20
switcher offered by Xkb) without any trickery. I'd fully support the same=20
for Kxkb.

Now, for the other folks in this thread:

I didn't expect nearly so much objecting. In fact, I thought that Kxkb is=20
not allowing Xkb switchers merely due to some obscure technical obstacle.=20
Armchair consistency and all that is fine with me, but one has to take a=20
look through window from time to time. Latin-only users (whatever Latin=20
is, for that matter) probably cannot feel that the keyboard layout=20
switching is such a fundamental action for non-Latin users, that, by all=20
means, it deserves special attention.

In my surrounding many people are using some half-ass ASCII transcription=20
of our script, because, surprise, they complain it's too obtrusive to=20
switch layouts using eg. Alt-Shift. And that's just in ordinary usage --=20
chats, forums... Now imagine one typing markup.

I personally had great experience abandoning Alt+Shift in favor of RWin, as=
=20
I find I can almost not break typing rhythm that way. Now I switch without=
=20
thinking, whenever I want to write the smallest thing in my language=20
(whereas most people would revert to ASCII).

If I sound a bit grumpy, among other things that's because I have a small=20
doubt that Aaron's idea, of pressing three keys and then selecting layout=20
from pop-up list, might not have been just a sarcasm.

=2D-=20
Chusslove Illich (=D0=A7=D0=B0=D1=81=D0=BB=D0=B0=D0=B2 =D0=98=D0=BB=D0=B8=
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