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From: walra%moacs11@nl.net (Waldi Ravens)
Subject: Re: 20/06/94
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 1994 14:29:06 +0100
Precedence: bulk
In <9406230756.AA08092=avg@mijt.cwi.nl>, Annius Groenink wrote:
> > Sure, but what is shift-ctrl-+ going to be on a uk keyboard?
> ...
> (digits because of the French keyboard?),
Right, I forgot about those.
> Another way of formulating this is: if there's only one sign on the
> key, you can combine it with whatever you want, but if there's two
> (such as ',' and '<', or '#' and '~' on the UK board, or '<' and '>'
> on the German one), then never use a combination with Shift in it.
This would solve the problem for some keys, but not for all. How does
one enter ctrl-<U-Umlaut> or ctrl-shift-<U-Umlaut> on a french, uk or
usa keyboard? How does one enter ctrl-<A-acc.grave> or ctrl-shift-
<A-acc.grave> on a german, uk or usa keyboard?
What to do with ctrl-[ (uk) == ctrl-alt-<O-Umlaut (g), and all similar
combinations? I still think ctrl-alt-<key> should not be used by
applications.
IMO Warwick's suggestion to make a list of internationally `safe' keys
would be a better solution. Standardised shortcuts should only be
constructed with `safe' keys, but applications may off course use
`non-safe' keys for specific (non-standardised) actions, and offer
language dependent configurations for APP_DEFS (this could be done
very user-friendly in an installation program. To the KISS fans:
remember, nobody is forced to implement it, it's a FREE choice).
Regards,
Waldi (walra%moacs11@nl.net)