OK, my $.02. When copying and pasting between Squeak and other applications, I find that trying to remember to use Alt-c,v in Squeak but Ctrl-c,v in the other applications to be almost unbearable cognitive overload. (In other words, so much of my attention gets consumed trying to remember which keys to use that I forget what I am trying to accomplish.)

On the other hand, if I am working in Squeak, then using Alt-c,v flows well with the other key commands in Squeak.

So why not, as a default, do /both/.

(Right now, Ctrl-C,V appear to ignore the shift key, so Ctrl-c,v act like Ctrl-C,V. Don't know if that's a bug or a feature.)

david

At 11:22 PM 7/10/02 +0200, you wrote:
>Folks,
>
>There is something I wanted to ask about the Ctrl vs. Alt preference on
>Windows now that Ned's change is in (btw, Ned that was a pretty piece of
>work). Is there any general feeling of what the default should be?!
>E.g., we *do* have the ability to set per-platform preferences on
>startup and if there's a general opinion to have the editing keys use
>Ctrl instead of Alt I'd be willing to make the change (although I will
>switch back almost instantly - I tried it for about half an hour and it
>drove me insane that Ctrl-C is copy but Alt-S is save and that Ctrl-F is
>ifFalse and Alt-F is find...).
>
>Cheers,
>  - Andreas
>
>
>
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David Farber
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