From kde-core-devel  Sat Mar 31 11:43:45 2007
From: Olaf Schmidt <ojschmidt () kde ! org>
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 11:43:45 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: KDE4 default shortcut theme
Message-Id: <200703311343.45668.ojschmidt () kde ! org>
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Hi Jakob!

I agree that we need to clearly define "safe" shortcut ranges for 
applications.

Unfortunately it is impossible to do this in a radically new way if we want 
our applications to work on other platforms.

If we invent our own, completely independent keyboard shortcut scheme, then we 
are in effect telling users that we do not want them to use KDE applications 
if they also use GNOME, and that we don't care about KDE applications on 
Windows and MacOS.

The only way to make KDE application shortcuts work safely from within KDE, 
GNOME, Windows and MacOS is to have a look which global shortcuts are in use 
in the various desktops, and to declare all of those out of bounds for 
applications to prevent clashes.

The best way to make the global application corridor as big as possble is to 
share as many global shortcuts with GNOME and Windows as possible.

Yes, this leads to new short-time clashes with KDE applications (F6, F8, F10), 
but it is the only viable long-term solution.

Olaf