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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    heads up: changing of default shortcut for "Used fix font"
From:       "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () kde ! org>
Date:       2003-09-04 23:13:05
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hi all...

unless someone speaks up in the next 48 hours, i'm going to be committing a 
change that removes 'x' as the default accelerator for "Used fix font". the 
new default will be no accelerator. the reason for this change is:

 o this is a feature useful for those who recieve ascii-art, patches, etc. 
these are not your typical email users, but constitute a small and almost 
exclusively advanced set of users. they tend to know how to set up a 
shortcut.

 o those who accidently press 'x' are usually not in the former category of 
users, and therefore have no idea what just happened to make their kmail 
reader window look completely crappy. nor do they often know how to set up 
custom shortcuts for such things.

 o i'm growing weary of telling users on IRC, mailing lists, etc to press 'x' 
to "fix" their fonts in kmail, only to have them tell me what i already know: 
that it's a bad default. why? because:

 o 'x' is awfully close to other common shortcuts. like "Cut". and it isn't 
well documented.

i hope that line of reasoning is exhaustive enough. silence is golden, but 
speak up if you have issues with this being changed. thanks =)

- -- 
Aaron J. Seigo
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