I have recently learned that if you select a menu item in a gnome app, then press a hotkey combination, that hotkey is then associated with that command. So, for instance, if I want alt-c to be 'copy', then i would hover over edit->copy and press alt-c. From that point on, alt-c is my hotkey for copying! I know, I know, probably an old trick that i just discovered, but it has MANY cool ramifications. Would it be possible to trap the commands, such as copy, paste, save, etc. so that if one does the above trick, it then becomes a global hotkey for ALL similar commands in gnome? One could have a master file of hotkeys and their associated trapped commands. Then on start the application would read this and overwrite any local command hotkeys. Of course, this may also have to be done every few seconds or on focus for otehr gnome apps so that everything is always up to date.... Or everything updated on change. I think this would solve a LOT of problems I have had with gnome hotkeys. The 'trick' above does a lot to assuage my frustration over most hotkeys, but it would be even better if I could define common commands like copy, cut, paste, save, etc. *once* and then have it all work how I want it to work. Of course, all of this would also be great when everything is gnome-ized so that there is a lot more consistency in interface. David Grega wrote: > I think Dick is onto something here. Many novices always complain why > keyboard shortcuts sometimes vary between programs. I think we should have > standardized shortcuts throughout the OS while allowing specific programs > to have certain shortcuts. Also, there should be a posted list of > "standard" keyboard shortcuts for Gnome programs. For example, we couldn't > program something like semi-standard F5 keyboard shortcut for windows into > the GUI since different sets of code would always be used to > Run/Export/Compile a program/presentation. > > - Dave > > ---------- > From: Dick Karpinski > Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2000 11:33 AM > To: gnome-gui-list gnome org; jdub aphid net > Subject: Re: Running vs starting apps > > Consider the desktop. None of your work gets done on the desktop. Thus > the true efficiency of the desktop is zero. > > Then consider the apps. Every time you start one, it hides all the > commands you've been using and supplies a whole new set. If you are > lucky, some of the more popular commands may have similar command > gestures and even similar semantics. Still, it is virtually assured > that your fingers will make mode errors. You will type something that > makes sense in some other app, not this new one. > > It would be possible to eliminate the desktop and the separate apps, > but it would require thinking outside the window, as it were. > > Dick > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-gui-list mailing list > gnome-gui-list gnome org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-gui-list > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-gui-list mailing list > gnome-gui-list gnome org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-gui-list
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