From: Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans@at.or.at>
To: Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: native-style key bindings for gitk on Mac OS X
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 11:28:45 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <29A2F453-C1F8-4C7E-A35B-3F159EB693B8@at.or.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4D05D998.5080107@op5.se>
On Dec 13, 2010, at 3:30 AM, Andreas Ericsson wrote:
> On 12/12/2010 11:08 PM, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>
>> 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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2010-12-12 22:08 native-style key bindings for gitk on Mac OS X Hans-Christoph Steiner
2010-12-13 8:30 ` Andreas Ericsson
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