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On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 10:17 AM,  <gedau AT igor2 DOT repo DOT hu> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> it's kind of off-topic, as it won't affect any geda tool or pcb or pcb-rnd,
> but I was wondering... We had debates on this list about key bindings in
> gschem vs. key bindings in pcb. I generally prefer how gschem does this, I
> find those key combinations easier to remembee. However, I also admit there
> are (ugly, but) de facto standard key combinations users want to see in
> apps, like ctrl+z for undo.
>
> I was thinking about how to resolve this conflict between modifiers and
> multi key stroke combinations in an app I am going to write later.
>
> I figured the expectated key combinations of the modifier-based map never
> start with an alnum character without a modifier. This makes the following
> simple policy feasible:
>
> 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.

There should be 3 options in HID.
1. Keybindings matched to outside world (new user sanity)
2. Keybindings matched to traditional PCB (current user sanity)
3. Keybindings matched to gschem (just to do it)

> Any thoughts/feedback are welcome.
>
> Regards,
>
> Igor2
>
>



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