Ned Konz <ned at bike-nomad.com> wrote on 10.10.2003 20:15:17:

>
>I made that choice so as not to disrupt too many of the other 
>settings. 
> Squeak uses both Ctrl and Cmd/Alt modifiers, so it's not just a 
> matter of changing 
>the "main modifier". 
>
>The keys I chose to swap were just the ones with common meanings:
>
>defaultCrossPlatformKeys
>	"Answer a list of key letters that are used for common editing 
>operations 	on different platforms."
>	^{ $c . $x . $v . $a . $s . $f . $g . $z }
 
And as it happens those with the common meaning are on Cmd/Alt and not 
on Ctrl. Even the rest on Cmd/Alt is more common than the ones on Ctrl 
( roughly, e.g. $d $p $i $m $n ). So for Squeak the 'main' modifier is 
Cmd/Alt whereas for Windows it is Ctrl. This is the mismatch I talked 
of. Duplicating is acknowledging that there are too many shortcuts 
anyway. If one wanted to operate with a reasonable subset, it would be 
better to have it on this main modifier key, and swapping all letters 
would help the help :) 

But I know, back then there was a lengthy discussion, which forced you 
to implement the duplicate-pref.... 

regards,
Martin