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Date: Mon, 13 Jun 1994 17:31:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: Timothy Miller <millert@undergrad.csee.usf.edu>
Subject: Re: Hello everyone...
To: gem-list@world.std.com
In-Reply-To: <m0qD9CL-0001YUC@bitsink.gbdata.com>
Message-Id: <Pine.3.87.9406131728.A26027-0100000@undergrad>
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Ofir,
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Fine. I don't see why you are here then. A standard does not need to make
sense. There is no way where every keyboard shortcut is going to make
sense to everyone.
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You're not waying what you really mean. A standard DOES need to make sense,
entirely. There should be nothing in a standard that is arbitrary. On the
other hand, there are many reasons why one would want a shortcut key to not
match the function it corresponds to, due to things like acceptance,
position on keyboard, physics, frequency of use, danger, and many others.
Ofir:
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I think this should use the CTRL modifier. How about:
CTRL * - Full window
CTRL + - Zoom in/larger font
CTRL - - Zoom Out/smaller font
CTRL 0 - Zoom 100%
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I think these are ok, but be sure that they are marked at being for the
keypad.
Ofir about Ctrl-A:
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There will be a vote on this although I strongly object to the idea on the
grounds that it requires each and every application in existance to
change. I do not think we will be taken seriously if we go for that and
our proposal will simply be ignored.
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As has been said before, this is a guideline! The developer could choose
not to follow a few of the suggestions for one reason or another. We want
to look like we're on the ball here and if we make changes to the standard
that are aware of physics (rather than blind jump-on-the-bandwagon), then
people will respect that.
Gribnif,
I feel that we should have ONE standard for all countries. I also am weakly
against the idea of having a config file.
Stephan,
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>ALT-SPACE: Redraw all open windows
>ALT-KPENTER: Redraw current window
Why should this be nessesary? A bugfree programm does not need this.
And if you really need it, you can have it by fulling twice the topwindow
or a
similar action.
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I agree. If a program NEEDS window contents to be redrawn at user command,
then there is something wrong with the program.