timecop@xxxxxxxxxxx (timecop@xxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> I could be wrong and this key could be "customizable" too, but in my
> experience, hitting the "r" key while inside an image changes your current
> tool to "rectangular select" which I find to be the least "damaging" if you
> accidentally click somewhere. Most of the toolbox actions fortunately DO have
> shortcut keys.
FYI: These shortcuts are indeed configurable, because the tools in the toolbox
are the same as in the <image>->tools menu and thus have configurable
shortcuts. Yeah. Those configurable shortcuts you blamed in your first
message:
> * Configurable menu shortcut keys? Who the fuck uses that? I would
> rather see consistent menu hotkeys so I can do Alt-F-X to exit the
> application rather than be able to customize what key I press to save
> the image. Another useless feature, in my opinion.
Personally I use configurable Menu shortcuts always and I'd pretty
pissed, if they'd disappear. Personally I *hate* the "Alt-F-X" way
to navigate the menus because:
* There is no way to resolve duplicates - and what does it help if the
Shortcut-key is the third letter of the Word you want to select?
You want to accelerate your work - and decyphering from some
accidentially underlined letter which is the current shortcut does
not improve your speed.
* it is inconsistent and impossible to translate between different
languages (And I *do* switch between german and english): Now you
can give hints like "Press CTRL-L to open the L&C-Dialog", this would
be impossible with "If you use an english Gimp press Alt-D-L, if you
use an german Gimp press Alt-D-E(benen)"... I remember the switch
from Pagemaker 4 to 5: all shortcuts changed, because they changed their
translation philosophy to translate the Shortcuts too: It was definitely
a PITA.
* it is blocking a huge amount of "regular" Shortcuts. I *want* to use
Alt-F/E/S/V/I/L/T/D/R (note that the "Filters" entry would probably
end up with an "R" as a shortcut because all other letters are already
occupied...)/G/V/C for something other than invoking menus.
(That said: A shortcut to open the <image>-menu would be good, further
menupoints could be reached with the cursor-keys.)
IIRC we already discussed these issue when you brought up this thing
some time ago. However, I dont remember a good solution for these
problems and I'm unable to find the thread in the archive. So
I guess this remains unimplemented - and I'm not unhappy about this.
Bye,
Simon
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