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Re: [REGRESSION] git-gui

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TLTeemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi>
Date
Apr 7, 2008, 08:10 UTC
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<20080407081052.GA5413@mithlond.arda.local>
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David Kågedal kirjoitti (7.4.2008 klo 9.38):
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> "Jonathan del Strother" <maillist@steelskies.com> writes:
> 
> > Anyone else got any opinions on an appropriate shortcut?  How about
> > '=' and '-' (+ and - without the shift), or are those not
> > necessarily together either?  (Are there really layouts where '['
> > and ']' aren't next to each other?)
> 
> A Swedish keyboard has [] on alt-gr (Modeshift) 8 and 9.  Plus and
> minus are unshifted and = is on shift-0.
> 
> So with a Swedish layout, it is annoying when zoom in is on = rather
> than +, just because someone assumed that it would be harder to press
> the more logical plus key.

The above also applies to Finnish and Norwegian keyboards, probably to many more. The key pair '=' and '-' would be a poor UI decision. In principle one should never assume that a key is in certain place in the keyboard; it's much better idea to be logical with _characters_. So if a key pair much be defined for different aspects of the same functionality, let's choose logical pairs from common characters: +- [] {} () <> zZ aA bB ... (To me all these are OK.)

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Message 13 of 14 in “[REGRESSION] git-gui”
  1. André Goddard RosaApr 3, 2008
  2. Jonathan del StrotherApr 3, 2008
  3. RES: [REGRESSION] git-guiAndré Goddard Rosa, Apr 3, 2008
  4. Michele BallabioApr 3, 2008
  5. Jonathan del StrotherApr 3, 2008
  6. Shawn O. PearceApr 4, 2008
  7. Shawn O. PearceApr 4, 2008
  8. Marco RoelandApr 4, 2008
  9. RES: [REGRESSION] git-guiAndré Goddard Rosa, Apr 4, 2008
  10. Michele BallabioApr 4, 2008
  11. Shawn O. PearceApr 5, 2008
  12. David KågedalApr 7, 2008
  13. Teemu LikonenApr 7, 2008
  14. Shawn O. PearceApr 8, 2008

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