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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Ctrl-Q vs. Ctrl-W vs. Alt-F4
From:       Celeste Lyn Paul <celeste () kde ! org>
Date:       2009-01-13 17:27:07
Message-ID: 200901131227.08167.celeste () kde ! org
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On Tuesday 13 January 2009 12:14:39 pm Matthew Woehlke wrote:
> Maciej Pilichowski wrote:
> > On Monday 12 January 2009 16:16:35 Celeste Lyn Paul wrote:
> >> I have made the following change the KDE HIG:
> >>
> >> Close	 | Ctrl+W | Close the current document.  +If there is only
> >> one document open, this shortcut *may not* Close the window or Quit
> >> the application.+
> >>
> >> This rule has now become purposefully safe to prevent accidental
> >> closing of windows.
> >
> > My English has failed me before.
> >
> > Correct me if I am wrong but this means that "after ctrl+w the app
> > window will be closed or will not be closed, and it is up to every
> > developer. Ctrl+w should rather close the window, but it is ok if it
> > won't be closed."
> >
> > I opted for the opposite -- after closing document (ctrl+w) app is not
> > allowed to close its main window. And there are quite a lot of
> > arguments for such statement.
>
> That's how I read "*may not* close..." in the above; ctrl-w is not
> allowed to cause the application to quit.

Sorry.. polite language. It's supposed to be exactly as you say.  I'll change 
it. 

Close the current document.  If there is only one document open, this shortcut 
*will not* Close the window or Quit the application.



-- 
Celeste Lyn Paul
KDE Usability Project
usability.kde.org
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