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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)
-