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From: mforget@elfhaven.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Michel Forget)
Subject: Re: Proposal
Date: Sun, 22 May 1994 01:33:14 -0600
Mime-Version: 1.0
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In <memo.253849@cix.compulink.co.uk>, you write:
Okay, I'll start by saying that I like the proposal. I do have a few
reservations/questions, though, below:
[> Proposed Keyboard Shortcut Standard v3 31/05/94
[> =================================================
[>
[> CTRL O - Open
[> CTRL N - New
[> CTRL W - Close Windows
[> Shift CTRL W - Close All Windows
[> CTRL TAB - Cycle Windows
[> CTRL S - Save
[> Shift+CTRL S - Save As...
[> CTRL P - Print
[> Shift CTRL P - Printer Configuration, Page Layout
[> CTRL Q - Quit
[> CTRL X - Cut
[> CTRL C - Copy
[> Shift+CTRL C - Append (to clipboard)
[> CTRL V - Paste
[> CTRL A - Select All
[> Shift CTRL A - Deselect All
I love everything above this point.
[> CTRL F - Find
[> CTRL G - Find next
[> CTRL R - Replace *1
[> CTRL T - Replace Next
What about "Find Previous" or "Replace Previous"? In MasterBrowse,
I use ^E for "Find Previous" mainly because EFG = Previous/Find/Next
so it is easy to remember.
Perhaps a better way to do "Find Previous" and "Find Next" would be
to set ^E (for ERT) as "Replace Previous" and ^D (for DFG) as
"Find Previous". Comments?
[> CTRL B - Bold for word processors
[> CTRL I - Show Info /Italic for word processors
[> CTRL U - Underline in text editors
How about ^L for "light" text in word processors.
[> CTRL [ - Block start
[> CTRL ] - Block end
This seems to imply that programs should allow the setting of a block
with the keyboard. Or did you mean "goto block start" and "goto block
end"?
[> In Dialog Boxes
[> ---------------
[>
[> Return - OK, Yes, etc...
[> Undo - Cancel, Abort, etc...
[>
[> Other buttons should be available via ALT+<x> as in Let 'em Fly.
This is good as far as it goes, but I think it needs more work. Such
as, what gadgets should a windowed dialog box have? (I personally
use the MOVER|CLOSER set.) Also, it would be nice if we decided which
keypresses should be used. For example, EGEM has a very full set of
dialog commands that allows access to the clipboard, a history buffer,
moving to the first editable field, the last editable field, etc.
We should standardize this (if we can) while we are doing the ohter
keyboard shortcuts.
[> *1 There's a good arguement for using CTRL F,G,H for Find, Find
[> Next and Replace.
Not really.... :)
[> ALT Z Font selector
Atari says never to use Alternate in a menu shortcut. How about ^Z?
[> Bye,
[> Ofir ogal@cix.compulink.co.uk
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