[tom@lemuria.org: Re: gnome key binding standard]

[Tom Vogt <tom lemuria org>]

Christopher James Lahey <clahey@umich.edu> wrote:
> > > Ctrl+X Edit/Cut
> > I hate that one. x is associated with "exit" to most people, and not at all
> > with cut.
>
> I disagree with this specific point.  I like my C-x C-c and C-v for cut
> copy and paste.  It works in netscape (M-x, M-c, and M-v), every single
> macintosh and windows app, and the current text widget.
>
you are right in so far as the keyboard layout makes this kind of "natural".

> > > > Ctrl+Z Edit/Undo
> > > Ctrl+Y (?) Edit/Redo
> > I think u and r are used more often for undo/redo on unix, no? it's also
> > much easier to remember.
>
> Once again, I'm very much used to C-z for undo.  I do agree that C-r is
> redo.
>
again, I guess this is a matter of keyboard layout (can't of any other
reason to associate z with undo). however, there we hit the first oversight:
on my (german) keyboard, y and z are the other way around than on us
keyboards, so ctrl-z is actually a pretty awful combination.


[user configurable]
> I don't know about the rest of you, but this seems to me to be the right
> thing to do.

I guess so. but in any case, there have to be somewhat useable default
settings.


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