Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Add preferences dialog hotkey

2019-03-27 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
Hi Michael, Sorry it took so long. I'm going back through my list of outstanding patches and I ran across this one. Obviously this patch no longer applies cleanly by if you are still interested in getting this merged, please rebase it and I will merge it. Thanks, Wayne On 10/16/2018 5:24 PM,

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Add preferences dialog hotkey

2018-10-17 Thread John Beard
Hi, I see, I thought the HIG comment was about Cmd vs Ctrl. My mistake. I have no really strong feelings (plus hotkeys are customisable). It's certainly not weird to use Ctrl-,. At least, some Mac-esque programs on Linux also use that. I don't think it's that problematic to have the defaults

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Add preferences dialog hotkey

2018-10-17 Thread hauptmech
I don't think my last post communicated what I wanted so I'll try again. Michael chose ctrl+',' as the hotkey because it matches the Mac Human Interface Guidelines. https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/macos/user-interaction/keyboard/ On the Mac platform, starting

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Add preferences dialog hotkey

2018-10-16 Thread Seth Hillbrand
Am Di., 16. Okt. 2018 um 15:37 Uhr schrieb hauptmech : > > This highlights the need for platform specific hotkey config files on > install rather than relying on a single hard coded default. Nothing says > cross-platform amateur hour more than having the software not be integrated > with your

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Add preferences dialog hotkey

2018-10-16 Thread hauptmech
This highlights the need for platform specific hotkey config files on install rather than relying on a single hard coded default. Nothing says cross-platform amateur hour more than having the software not be integrated with your platform at all. On 17/10/2018 11:00 AM, John Beard wrote:

Re: [Kicad-developers] [PATCH] Add preferences dialog hotkey

2018-10-16 Thread John Beard
Hi, I'd suggest perhaps Ctrl-Shift-P, which is used by Inkscape. P with various modifiers is fairly common shortcut for preferences: https://defkey.com/search?irq=Preferences I feel like Ctrl-, might be useful as paired hotkey with Ctrl-. (eg increase/decrease)? Cheers, John On 16 October