duplicateControlAndAltKeys by default?

Karl Ramberg karl.ramberg at chello.se
Fri Oct 10 15:35:30 UTC 2003



Lex Spoon wrote:
> 
> Martin Wirblat <sql.mawi at t-link.de> wrote:
> > Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 12:08:14 +0100
> > From: Martin Wirblat <sql.mawi at t-link.de>
> > Subject: Re:duplicateControlAndAltKeys  by default?
> > To: Squeak <squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
> > reply-to: The general-purpose Squeak developers list <squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
> >
> > "Lex Spoon" <lex at cc.gatech.edu> wrote on 09.10.2003 21:05:27:
> > >
> > >Is there a reason this preference disabled in the default 3.6 image?
> > >Surely we want it turned on, because this is a small thing that can
> > >really irritate new users.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >-Lex
> >
> > Really confusing is that the help-text does not match either setting.
> > To duplicate the keys is even more confusing: One might think there is
> > no difference at all between the ctrl and alt-key.
> >
> 
> Who really knows until we try it, but I don't expect this would be
> *that* confusing.  People will develop the expectation that it doesn't
> matter which key you use, but the first time there's a difference they
> will figure out in a hurry.
> 
> The help text could explicitly say things like "alt-v or ctrl-v" in
> places where it doesn't matter, to make this especially clear.
> 
> And yes, the help text should change when you change the preference,
> hadn't thought of that.
> 
> > IMO the best solution would be to swap all keys, and to update the
> > help-text so, that it explains that modifier-keys can be swapped to
> > match the OS.
> 
> That just changes which group of people have an awkward key setup.  On a
> Mac, everyone is used to the current bindings.  These guys shouldn't
> have to read the docs just to get the key bindings set up.
> 
Just to throw in a suggestion to this. What about the caps-lock key. 
It's really frustrating when Squeak starts behaving weird and there is
no 
obvious reason. I think overriding the caps-lock would be good for
modifier keys.
karl



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