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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Key management
From:       David Faure <faure () kde ! org>
Date:       1999-11-24 20:12:03
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On Wed, Nov 24, 1999 at 03:07:05PM -0500, Navindra Umanee wrote:
> Waldo Bastian <bastian@suse.de> wrote:
> > Ctrl+B, Ctrl+F, Ctrl+N and Ctrl+P interfere with the KDE
> > recommendations.
> 
> - New  	Ctrl+N 		Create a new document
> 
> How about make this Ctrl+W for "New Window".
New Window start with an N...

> - Close Ctrl-W		Close the current document
> 
> How about make this Ctrl-\ which tends to SIGQUIT Unix console
> applications.
Ever used a French keyboard ? Do Ctrl-\ and you're at the hospital
right away (it needs AltGr+8 !) :)

> - Find	Ctrl-F		Find
> 
> How about make this F3.
> 
> - Find Next F3          Find next match
> 
> F4, and Shift-F4 for Find previous?

Nothing against those.

> - Print     Ctrl+P      Print current document
> 
> PrintScreen, what else!
Print Screen is supposed to print ... the screen !

> - Add Bookmark Ctrl+B   Add a bookmark for the current location
> Ctrl-Space!
Why ?

This discussion can last forever. Those from the Windows world will have
their habits, those from the Unix world theirs.
But KDE is for sure not _mainly_ directed to those who are used
to send SIGQUIT to console apps.

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David FAURE
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