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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: more on KDE keybinding standard
From:       David Faure <faure () kde ! org>
Date:       1999-09-13 23:04:40
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On Mon, Sep 13, 1999 at 05:26:00PM +0200, Waldo Bastian wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Sep 1999, Dima Rogozin wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > Hi, everybody,
> >  
> > I saw your discussion on KDE list about KDE menu standards and I'd
> > like to make some comments. I have analyzed menu style if KDE 1.1.2
> > applications. Below are some points which should be considered/fixed 
> > (for KDE 2.0, of couse)
> >  
> > IMHO, menu style of applications should be as uniform and 
> > consistent as possible.
> > 
> > I have cvs access and I think I can try to fix the problems below if
> > the KDE team desided it should be done.
> > 
> > Hope it would be of any help for you,
> > Dima.
> 
> Hi Dima,
> 
> Thank you for your work! It looks good.

Yes, definitely worth having somebody taking the time to fix
those apps in order to make them consistent.

What do you mean by uppercase-accels ? Is it about the way they're written
(looks like we all use uppercase...), or is it about having to press
Ctrl+Shift+Key, which is a pain (and which I thought nobody used....)

> I would like to see some arguments in favour of Exit/Ctrl-E and Quit/Ctrl-Q.
> 
> My personal taste is in favour of having Ctrl-Q as shortcut instead of Ctrl-E.
> That would mean we should use Quit as name for the menu. 
I'm strongly in favour of this as well.
Ctrl-Q is a "de facto" standard. I think the current standards page doesn't 
reflect the majority of the opinions on this subject, but I might be wrong.

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