Re: More keybindings, 2nd thoughts...

[Alan Horkan <horkana tcd ie>]

> > > That was me:)  <Ctrl>+F would be a good replacement.
> > > But what about plain F
> >
> > Ctrl+F would be more consistant
>
> That's one problem with standards (UI or otherwise).
> Why shouldn't my graphics application use [a-zA-Z] as
> efficient, intuitive shortcuts, just because a word
> processor can't?  Solidworks (a mid-range CAD program)

Dia does have a text editing component which i have to be aware of,
and has already choosen to use these kinds of keybindings,
im just trying to tweak them.

Consistancy across a whole Operating System makes life easier.  Not using
CommandKey+Modifier would confuse me, ive been using either a Mac or a PC
for so long.
Thank goodness the GTK developers had the sense to allow you to override
the default keybindings

> has a great set of default bindings that make it nice to
> use:
>
> f  zoom full (view all or <ctrl>+a in Dia)
> w  zoom window
> p  pan
> z  zoom out (Dia uses -)
> Z  zoom in (Dia uses = (unshifted +))
> b  back (last view coordinates and zoom level - a
> feature I'd love Dia to have, BTW)

maybe you could add views/zooms to the the undo list?

> I've assinged as many logical, single key shortcuts to
> Dia functions as Dia will allow.  Unfortunately, that's
> not all of them.
>
> I'm looking forward to your work.  More key bindings are
> better than fewer.  But please take care to reassign
> shortcuts, not just replace them.

i had better get on with making the necessary patch...

Select All      Ctlr+A
Select None     Ctrl+Shift+A
Select Invert   Ctrl+I

Zoom to Fit     Ctrl+F  (was View Show All)
Clear           Ctrl+K  (was Delete)