Re: gEDA-user: GTK RANT

[Peter Clifton <pcjc2@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 19:40 +0000, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:06:04 +0000, Peter Clifton wrote:
> 
> >> OTOH, I don't care much about
> >> less frequent actions - I wouldn't even mind if these were only
> >> accessible from the menu.
> 
> However, accels for any menu action should be easily user configurable.
> Sometimes, obscure actions can become common for special cases. This is 
> why I like the GTK (gnome?) way to set menu shortcuts on the fly. I often
> take advantage of this in pcb. Unfortunately, the accels are not saved.  

The program has to explicitly save the accel map, but it is possible to
save them. Perhaps consider filing a feature request?

> > Ctrl + C / Ctrl + V are two key actions surely?
> 
> In addition, these are the standard accels I'd expect in every app 
> where applicable:
> 
> [CTRL-Z] --> undo
> [CTRL-SHIFT] --> redo
> [CTRL-F] --> search
> [CTRL-R] --> replace
> [CTRL-S] --> save
> [CTRL-SHIFT-S] --> save-as
> [CTRL-O] --> Open an existing page
> [CTRL-P] --> print
> [CTRL-A] --> select all
> [CTRL-W] --> close current page
> [CTRL-Q] --> quit the application
> [F1] --> Open some kind of help window
> 
> And yes, these shortcuts should be drawn in the corresponding menu. 
> So the user can know about them without sifting through the manual.
> 
> ---<(kaimartin)>---
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Peter Clifton

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Engineering Department,
University of Cambridge,
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