Re: native-style key bindings for gitk on Mac OS X

On Dec 13, 2010, at 3:30 AM, Andreas Ericsson wrote:

On 12/12/2010 11:08 PM, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:

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Hey all,

This is my first post here, hopefully I'm not doing anything stupid
;) I use gitk on Debian, Ubuntu, and Mac OS X. I'm big on having apps
feel native on each platform. Currently gitk's key bindings are very
GNU/Linux-ish when using gitk on Mac OS X. I'd like to submit a patch
to make gitk use native-style key bindings and re-use common key
bindings.

So long as the patch lets the original keys work (ie, people who are
used to them as they are now aren't suddenly hit by a nasty surprise),
I think it's a great idea.

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Before starting this, I just wanted to make sure this isn't some
hotly debated political issue.

It will be if the old keys stop working or all of a sudden do  
something
different. Especially if the new thing it does isn't exactly harmless
but the old thing was.

I think that's a good idea.  The only problem is Cmd-F5 (i.e. Reload)  
is already globally claimed in Mac OS X to turn on the accessibility  
voiceover reader.  So all you get is a robot voice reading your GUI to  
you.  This could be Ctrl-F5 instead, then it'd be the same as on GNU/ 
Linux.

.hc




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