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Date: Fri, 27 May 94 15:45 BST-1
From: Ofir Gal <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: The discussion we had in comp.sys.atari.st.tech
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>It is of course Atari who challanged the German standard,  and I am just
>one of the people who support Atari in that,  because I think ^W really should
>stand for close window.  It is also hard to explain to any English speaking
>person that ^W should mean 'Cycle windows' because Germand for 'cycle'
>is 'wechseln'.  If we want to reach an agreement,  everyone is going to
>have to make sacrifices!

I really don't mind as long as we all keep to the same standard. The
actual mnemonic is not important.

>Perhaps we should try and reach a 'dual' agreement and have our forthcoming
>proposal demand that each application allows a choice between the
>'German' and the 'Global' standard...

I don't like this idea, the market is too small for two standards. And we
almost have that at the moment anyway.

Let's wait a few more days until there are more people here on the mail
list. I will post my proposal and we will start the discussion. There are
only 3 German programmers here ATM, so I think it's too early. Even if the
three agree with you, it's unlikely to go any further.

Another point is that since the German developers had the sense to
establish a standard among themselves BEFORE Atari, we (non-Germans) should
try and compromise a little. But the Germans will have to change SOME of
their standard keyboard shortcuts of course.

Bye,

Ofir                                    [e-mail]