Am 02.05.2011 um 05:36 schrieb Eric Wasylishen: > Hey, > > Why don't we change the default command key under X11 to Control? > > My reasoning is that the most important uses of keyboard modifiers (by far) > are the CUA key combinations like ctrl+c for copy, ctrl-v for paste, ctrl+z > for undo, etc., and since every other X11 toolkit uses the Control key for > these by default, I think GS should as well. It's really jarring to have to > switch between Ctrl when using non-GNUstep apps and Alt when using GS apps. I > know you can configure this using user defaults, but we should be using > settings that fit in with gtk/qt by default, I think. Thoughts?
Using Ctrl is historically younger than using cmd (on the Mac) or meta (on other platforms) and stems from the omittance of such a key on the (historical) standard PC keyboard layout. It conflicts with the Ctrl-Key usage in terminal windows (where Ctrl-C means something completely different) and is a typical quick and dirty Windows-Workaround that somehow became "the standard™" like many of such Windows misconceptions. Short: Control is for terminal, Command is for GUI – don't mix this > > Cheers. > Eric > _______________________________________________ > Gnustep-dev mailing list > Gnustep-dev@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnustep-dev _______________________________________________ Gnustep-dev mailing list Gnustep-dev@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnustep-dev
