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On Sun, 13 Sep 2015, John Griessen wrote:

> On 09/13/2015 05:17 AM, gedau AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu wrote:
>> 1. if the first key is with a modifier, it is a single-stroke hotkey (e.g. 
>> ctrl+z or ctrl+s)
>> 
>> 2. if the first key is not alnum, it is a single-stroke hotkey (e.g. arrow 
>> keys, escape, F1, enter, etc.)
>> 
>> 3. if the first key is alnum without a modifier, it's the first character of 
>> a multi-stroke command
>> 
>> Rule 3 removes 36 keys from the single-stroke world but makes it possible to 
>> use best of both worlds without collision.
>> 
>> Any thoughts/feedback are welcome.
>
> It's not compatible with good layout hotkey uses.  In that case one uses the

Incompatible? Which part exactly?

> right hand on mouse, left on keyboard,
> or vice versa if they are left handed.
>
> I'd rather lose the whole 2 stroke keybinding set in
> gschem and convert to hotkeys.

Did you notice that I was talking about how to support both, in a 
compatible, non-switching way? That was the only point of my question.

I probably used the wrong wording because everybody missed it.

Regards,

Igor2

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