From: Alan Horkan (horkana@tcd.ie)
Date: Fri Oct 11 2002 - 09:17:45 EDT
> Personally, I feel that we should follow the GNOME HIG on GNOME, and the
> Microsoft example (or their HIG) on windows. Similarly, the Aqua HIG on
> the mac. I think consistency with the other applications is more
We are never going to agree on this so my arguing is pointless.
But now is the time to decided yes we do need seperate keybinding schemes.
It was mentioned to me by a Wordperfect user that there are one or two
keybindings they would much prefer to have but that mostly they are okay
with the current setup. (If anyone has full documentation of all the
keybindings of a reasonably current version of Wordperfect please could
you send me a copy. I will also need to grab a copy of the various bits
in the help section on Microsoft Word keybindings.)
Even if keybindings were fully customisable it would still be good to have
mulitple preset schemes.
request for Customisable Keybindings/shortcuts
http://bugzilla.abisource.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1247
strange that i never added any comments to this bug, i guess ignored it
because it was so linux specific.
It would also be nice to be able to use the Vi & emacs keybindings without
the need to edit Abiword.Profile. I will file a bug requesting a GUI for
switching keybinding schemes.
If we were to reenable F12 as a shortcut for switching keybindings it
would be essential to pop up some sort of a dialog or other BLATANTLY
CLEAR WARNING. The last thing we want is a poor user trapped in emacs
keybindings, it is difficult* enough for most people try to get out of
Overwrite mode and switch back to Insert mode (* easy when you know how,
but completely non-obvious otherwise).
> important than consistency across platforms. People using AbiWord on
Differnt people have differnt priorities. There are more potential users
than there are existing users and your approach makes a lot of sense but
we can have it both ways and i would like as much as possible to use the
same settings for Abiword no matter what platform i am running it on. As
an open source project Abiword is not as much constrained by market forces
as it is by time and developer resources.
I think we can have a our cake and eat it too.
I just want to give massive thanks to the original devlopers who had the
foresight to make different keybinding schemes sorted out.
> Either the list of bugzilla is fine.
I find it easiest to mention stuff on list then file a bug report and
include a link to the post in the mailing list archive.
I just want to be careful not to fall into a discussion about opinions
rather than facts as seems to happen all too often with usability. It is
great that we have the Gnome HIG to help us keep thinks rational and
senisble. (not implying anything, i am as likely as the next guy to
mistake what is best for me as the best answer).
Sincerely
Alan H.
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