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Date: Mon, 13 Jun 1994 15:06:33 -0400 (EDT)
From: Rick Flashman <rflashma@mhc.mtholyoke.edu>
Subject: Why a unified key-equivalent standard?
To: Atari GEM Mailing List <gem-list@world.std.com>
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If we are creating a unified key-equivalent file for all common keyboard
equivalents...
Why create a universal list of keyboard equivalents? Instead, why not
create a customized list of keyboard equivalents that makes most sense
in each country?
It seems to me that with the first development, the second becomes moot.
If you develop the second one (and people implement them), then the first
becomes moot (except when customizing a non-standard system).
Personally, I have no interest in Control-U to close a window. I don't
have a *single* program that does that, it's a longer reach than Alt-Esc,
and the letter "U" is nowhere in the words "Close Window".
Each country *IS* different. In Spanish "Cierra Ventana" also has no "U",
and they would probably prefer something like Control-C or Control-V.
Country specific versions of the keyboard file (USA, UK, DEU, etc.) make a
lot more sense. If software is upgraded to support this file, then we each
get what we want.
Regarding the name of the file. I think the name KEYBOARD.SYS makes the
most sense. The SYS ending lets the user know it is a system file and
serves a global function. Yes, it is YET-ANOTHER-FILE, but that seems the
easiest way to implement it.
Rick Flashman,
Gribnif Software