On 21 Sep 2003, at 15:46, David Neary wrote: > Branko Collin wrote: > > On 21 Sep 2003, at 14:12, David Neary wrote: > > > Excuse me - the shortcut I'd like to change is Redo, which is > > > currently Ctrl-R. Most apps in the Linux desktop space are now > > > adopting some or all of the GNOME HIG in this regard. So - to > > > correct myself - I'd like to change Ctrl-R to Ctrl-Shift-Z. > > > > But since when did GIMP _users_ all start living there? Do we know > > what the guidelines for other platforms are? How useful are the HIG? > > This was also something that was addressed in the old threads, I > believe... Here's the mail in question. > https://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/lists/gimp-developer/2003-June/008870.h > tml Well, certainly both current practice and HIGs are against me. Quite frankly, the former weighs heavier with me. Still, it feels unintuitive somehow. Usually, with a complementary function, you get to see an immediate difference. For instance, the Print Preview dialog is clearly different from the Print dialog. Having Ctrl-P and Shift-Ctrl-P for these makes sense, because if you accidentally hit the wrong keys, you have immediate feedback that shows your mistake. However, the difference between hitting Shift-Ctrl-Z and Ctrl-Z is not always apparent, unless you always have the Undo History open and visible. So it would make sense to have the complementing function under a shortcut that won't be easily accessed by mistake. Anyway, I don't think we're going to agree on this, so as far as I am concerned, go ahead and make the change. BTW, I read in the Windows HIG that several shortcuts per function are supported, for reasons of backward compatibility. Would it be possible to have something similar in the GIMP? -- branko collin collin@xxxxxxxxx
