https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79466
--- Comment #7 from pb <blic...@comcast.net> --- (In reply to comment #6) Thank you for a less dismissive reply. The multi-key shortcut already exists -- it is the keyboard walk of the menus. In this case, it is alt-i (insert menu), l (co*l*umn). In the case of excel, it is instead alt-i (insert menu), c (*c*olumn). The only difference is in the choice of which letter represents "column." I don't know why that choice was made; maybe it was a conscious decision for a good reason (e.g., to be the same as 1-2-3), or maybe it was a random decision (e.g., 'c' had been used for something else already, or just totally random). At this point, whether or not there was originally a rational reason to use 'l', there are probably people who already use it, and therefore would be unhappy if it were changed. The more general solution, as we both point out, is to make the multi-key keyboard mappings customizable. Yes, I am an emacs user, for even longer than mariosv either did or didn't use excel (not sure exactly what he meant), so multi-key keyboard mappings are not exactly a groundbreaking technology. If there is no rational reason to use > pb: I'm amused at your political slur; particularly while recommending not > talking to eg. the UX guys to build consensus, but just doing it > unilaterally ! =) > > Either way - personally I'd like the k/b shortcuts to be as configurable and > familiar to people as possible. That raises some significant challenges with > the existing menus - as you outline below. I like both your ideas for > multi-key shortcuts [ we want to get those emacs users included ], and/or > configuring menu shortcuts [ I imagine that could already be done by > disabling / renaming / adding menu items with the shortcut you want ? ]. > > Anyhow - patches that meet the needs of both existing, and new users [ ie. > don't just tweak the shortcuts ;-] gratefully received - we're never short > of good ideas for things to work on; only of people to put in the hard work > to make them happen. > > m.a.riosv: thanks for the reason & sanity you bring =) -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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