short cut keys in Squeak environment

Ned Konz ned at bike-nomad.com
Sat Oct 25 21:26:52 UTC 2003


Martin Wirblat wrote:

> So having the alt-key with other modifiers together in use is a 
> barrier of entry, and a help text which is not precise, adds to that 
> ( 'Shift-Alt on other platforms; sometimes Ctrl works too' ). 
> 
> Having copy, cut and paste not where they used to be, is of course 
> problematic in itself. In Germany took a long debate place about 
> Windows vs Opensource in government offices. At one point Opensource 
> was rejected mainly because the copy/cut/paste-problem! 
> 
> My suggestion would be a preference to switch all hotkeys, i.e. to 
> simply switch the modifiers, and to somehow have under windows this 
> preference enabled. This would simplify an updated help text too.

I don't think you'll like the result, but try this.

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