Subject: Re: Suggestion: switchable hotkeys
From: Alan Horkan (horkana@tcd.ie)
Date: Mon Nov 12 2001 - 07:59:08 CST
This used to be available by simply pressing F12, but the feature was not
being particularly well maintained and its shockingly scary for a novice
user to (accidentally) press F12 and have Abiword start acting crazy.
When i was a novice user i rember the concept of 'Insert' and
'Replace' (aka Over-Write) being confusing.
i always expected the default 'Insert' mode, even though
that was a very long time ago i can still empathise with users who would
be terrified by accidentally turning on emacs keybindings.
You can edit your Abiword.profile to turn on vi/emacs keybindings, which
is not an unreasonable thing to expect of a vi/emacs user. (emacs is only
easy when you know how, if even then)
The other shortcuts - such as Ctrl + N for a new window - are all
carefully chosen to resemble Microsoft Word, unless it particularly
makes a lot of sense to do otherwise.
(Ctrl is the command key on windows and my dist. of Linux, on a Mac, BeOS,
etc your command key may vary)
So if you want it to be easily switchable ask the developers and they will
probably tell you what i just said, and although i think it is highly
unlikely they might re-enable F12 to switch keybinding modes.
On Mon, 12 Nov 2001, Hendrik Schulze wrote:
> Hi Froods,
My name is not Froods and i have no idea who he is, but ive replied to
your message anyway. (only half serious)
> first Time usinig your product, THX...
despite still being a _product_, abiword is currently run entirely by
volunteers.
> One of my first problems was, I do not know what kind of shortcuts to use...
> Sure, I could read the docu... but here a suggestion to think about:
Hmm, i think i see the real answer to your problems. Your destroying my
stereotypical idea of an emacs user.
> how about a option in the preferences, were I could change the profile
> of hotkeys by a simply select an other scheme.
>
> Example:
> I like the emacs- shortcuts and it is a great bonus for acceptance of
maybe, but i think the vast majority of our users or on Microsoft Windows
and the fact that Abiword is XP and does not try and force me to use a
particular OS is what i think is killer
(because proportionately there are so many more MS users to choose from)
((i realise the emacs runs on just about everything))
> abiword if I could SIMPLY
> choose this behaviour by a mouseclick.
customisable menus may be available by v1.0, maybe you could create plugin
button on the toolbar.
> Sombody else might prefer another scheme and he has the same problem...
>
> So long Hendrik
>
>
> --
> Hendrik Schulze hendrik@uni-leipzig.de
>
> Im Allgemeinen habe ich keine Probleme,
> das zu bekommen, was ich nicht will!
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