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- From: Mark.Baker@mettav.royle.org (Mark Baker)
- Date: 26 Jun 94 14:22:18
- Message-Id: <UUCP.772655372@mettav>
- Subject: Re: Digest
- To: gem-list@world.std.com (gem-list@world.std.com)
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- Christian:
- >> CTRL-0 - go back
- >> CTRL-1 to CTRL-9 - go to mark 1 - 9
- >> SHIFT-CTRL-1 to SHIFT-CTRL-9 - put a mark
- >
- > Many text-oriented programs already used CTRL-<digit> for other things
- > like text effects or cut&paste style/ruler. Don't overdo it, leave some
- > Control-Shortcuts for application-specific things!
-
- While I can understand you wanting some free ctrl-shortcuts, these would be
- useful in lots of programs, so need standard shortcurts. The go back option is
- very useful BTW.
-
- > If these don't get menu entries, they also shouldn't be assigned Control
- > Shortcuts. I plead for using Alt instead, if it's put in the standard at
- > all.
-
- Since control is used much like command on the mac, I would suggest alt is best
- used like the mac's option key, ie configuration stuff, mostly app specific.
-
- >> undo Undo last command Edit
- >> UNDO Redo last command Edit
- >> Command-undo Multi-level undo Edit
- >> Command-UNDO Step-wise undo Edit
- >
- > I don't see why we need more than two. BTW is there any program on the ATA-
- > RI now that supports multi-level undo?
-
- There's a graphics package that does IIRC. Anyway it is a potentially useful
- feature, so should have a standard shortcut.
-
- > too). Hide means hide application, quite like Mag!X does it, i.e. it stays
- > in memory, may even do calculations and can be brought back to the screen
- > by doubleclicking its icon again (this is different in Mag!X). Hidden
- > applica- tions can be recognised by not having the "..." at the bottom of
- > their icon. But I don't know how to do that in MultiTOS or Mag!X, since
- > AFAIK neither of them provides a system call for that.
-
- What's wrong with just iconifying?
-
- > Entering a selection means putting it into the search panel (=dialog) wi-
- > thout opening it. This way with Command-e, Command-g, Command-g... one
- > can easily step through appearences of the same string without having to
- > use the find panel that tends to get in the way. Quite useful.
-
- I've never seen this exactly, but it sounds useful. Some programs have an
- option to do the find dialogue preloaded with the selection, but I think the
- way you describe is nicer.
-
- Michael
- >> Oxford defn of `revert':
- >> Return, come or go back, to or from a place or position.
- > I was aware of that, but only because I had to look it up. I figured
- > reload would be a word, that non-English speakers would understand easier
- > than revert. I'm an example. If hadn't looked up revert, I wouldn't have
- > known what it meant, but reload was easy to figure out, because the word
- > load is used very often. And since this is going to be an international
- > standard, why shouldn't we prefer common English words.
-
- `Reload' would be a better word were `load' used instead of `open'. Also most
- programs for the mac and windoze use `revert'.
-
- > I've just looked up possible German translations of revert. Unfortunately
- > a satisfying translation doesn't exist, so that I'm still for reload, for
- > which I would use the German translation "neuladen".
-
- Sure, `neuladen' can be the German translation, but revert is still the best
- English word IMO.
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