Well, first of all, drop the sarcasm, will ya? I wrote my note to Marcus 
since it seems that the preference is there and all that needs to be done is 
to actually turn it on. So that we probably should just include 
[swap|duplicate]ControlAndAltKeys in the 
SmalltalkImage>>setPlatformPreferences.

Now, if you are really interested in actively helping (contrary to only 
complaining) here is what you will do:
a) File a bug report at http://bugs.impara.de/
b) Post a change set fixing the issue as outlined above to this mailing list
c) Wait for feedback and fold it into updated versions of that change set
d) When complete, attach the change set to the bug report
When you do this, there is a good chance that it will be part of the next 
Squeak version (likely 3.9). But of course, that does assume you are really 
interested in improving Squeak. Are you?

Cheers,
  - Andreas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joshua Scholar" <jscholar at access4less.net>
To: "The general-purpose Squeak developers list" 
<squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 7:26 PM
Subject: Re: "A Word of Caution" to all newcomers


> All I had to do to make some of the keys work the same as windows was:
> 1. click the desktop,
> 2: select "appearance..." from the menu,
> 3: select "preferences..." from the submenu,
> 4: paste the scary dialog box that centers the mouse over "restore my
> personal preferences" knowing from experience with Morphic that the first
> click won't activate the button that the mouse can't escape.
> 5. Enter "duplicateControlAndAltKeys" into search text entry at the top.
> 6. Hit the search button.
> 7. Select the nonstandard looking duplicateControlAndAltKeys checkbox that
> appears without any meaningful explanation.
>
> I wonder why new users of Squeak won't do such a simple thing?  Lazy I
> guess.
>
> Seriously, there's an option to make the environment more friendly to new
> users - and it's off by default, undocument and impossible to find.
> _That's_useful_!
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Andreas Raab" <andreas.raab at gmx.de>
> To: "The general-purpose Squeak developers list"
> <squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>; "Joshua Scholar"
> <jscholar at access4less.net>
> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 10:14 AM
> Subject: Re: "A Word of Caution" to all newcomers
>
>
>> > Lex Spoon proposed a fix over a year ago. It got not a single 
>> > supporter,
>> > and was therefore rejected:
>>
>> Odd. In my images I have two preferences #swapControlAndAltKeys as well
>> #duplicateControlAndAltKeys which seem to cover precisely what you
> describe.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>   - Andreas
>>
>
>