Re: [Flightgear-devel] Key Bindings
>>> Vic, I think you missed a key line in my original email <<< Guilty as charged M'lud. -- Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 positioned as A LEADER in The Forrester Wave(TM): Endpoint Security, Q1 2013 and "remains a good choice" in the endpoint security space. For insight on selecting the right partner to tackle endpoint security challenges, access the full report. http://p.sf.net/sfu/symantec-dev2dev ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
Re: [Flightgear-devel] Key Bindings
The discussion reminded me of a blog post I once read: http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/content.php?11603-Is-The-Default-Keyboard-Layout-Still-Relevant Might be worth reading, but also might be worth forgetting afterwards. Sometimes it's good to read someone else’s experience though. Erik -- http://www.adalin.com - Hardware accelerated AeonWave and OpenAL for Windows and Linux -- Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_feb ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
Re: [Flightgear-devel] Key Bindings
On 4 Mar 2013, at 07:43, Vic Marriott wrote: > Hi James, > > Personally, I use 'ctrl' a lot when making my own shortcuts (outside FG). I'm > sure I can't be the only Mac user to do this. An example: If you were to > allocate 'ctrl+s' to a common FG function, using 'ctrl+s' sends my Mac to > 'Sleep' wether I am using an application or not. Perhaps it would be better > to go with the 'cmd' key on Macs. > > I think removing old, out of date functions to make room for up to date ones > is a good idea though. Vic, I think you missed a key line in my original email. To be fair, it was parenthesised. On Mac, the relevant (system-wide, universally-accepted) modifier for the kind of shortcuts I'm discussing, it NOT *Ctrl* - it's the 'Command' key, formerly know as the 'Apple' key. I can take a strong bet you don't have lots of custom bindings on your Mac for 'Cmd-Q, Cmd-C, Cmd-Z' because you would find it quite hard to quit, copy or undo in 90% of applications you use, using the keyboard. The Ctrl key-binding space on Linux / Windows, and the equivalent Cmd/Apple space on Mac, are assumed by pretty much everybody to drive application specific shortcuts for GUI items - what I'm proposing would be to attempt to align FlightGear with that behaviour. James -- Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_feb ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
Re: [Flightgear-devel] Key Bindings
James said, 'What I'd like to see is the entire 'Ctrl' (Command on Mac) space reserved for GUI functions, like a normal application - Ctrl-Q for quit, Ctrl-M for map dialog, Ctrl-A for autopilot dialog, Ctrl-R for replay dialog (or radios dialog :) - then have a complete discussion about which key-bindings make sense on the main keyboard. This is basically a usability discussion, so everyone will have strong opinions :) Hi James, Personally, I use 'ctrl' a lot when making my own shortcuts (outside FG). I'm sure I can't be the only Mac user to do this. An example: If you were to allocate 'ctrl+s' to a common FG function, using 'ctrl+s' sends my Mac to 'Sleep' wether I am using an application or not. Perhaps it would be better to go with the 'cmd' key on Macs. I think removing old, out of date functions to make room for up to date ones is a good idea though. Cheers, Vic -- Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_feb ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
