Re: 'Delete' v. 'Move to trash'

[Peter Bloomfield <peterbloomfield bellsouth net>]

On 01/06/2005 12:28:29 AM, Andrew Conkling wrote:
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> The problem isn't the defaults but rather that I *can't* change  
> it later.  I'm simply highlighting the menu entry 'Move to  
> trash' and pressing the Delete key as per  
> http://balsa.gnome.org/faq.html#faq27.  Other keys work, just  
> not Delete.  It works in other GTK+ programs (e.g. Rox) but not  
> in Balsa.

The issue is that Delete is added as an alternate key-binding for  
`toggle deleted' (using gtk_widget_add_accelerator), and that  
seems to remove it from the pool of keys that are available for  
reassignment.  Ctrl+= is added as an alternate to Ctrl++ for  
`zoom in' in the same way.  Gtk appears not to support multiple  
key-bindings in a way that is consistent with reassignment.

Perhaps Balsa should not grab keys in that way.  D = `move to  
trash' and Ctrl+D = `toggle deleted' are Balsa's long established  
bindings.  We could remove Delete as an alternate, and let each  
user assign it by choice.

Opinions?

Peter