* native-style key bindings for gitk on Mac OS X
@ 2010-12-12 22:08 Hans-Christoph Steiner
2010-12-13 8:30 ` Andreas Ericsson
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From: Hans-Christoph Steiner @ 2010-12-12 22:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git
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. F-keys are really rarely used on Mac OS X,
so it drives me a little nuts using them in gitk/Mac OS X.
Before starting this, I just wanted to make sure this isn't some hotly
debated political issue.
.hc
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* Re: native-style key bindings for gitk on Mac OS X
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
2010-12-13 16:28 ` Hans-Christoph Steiner
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From: Andreas Ericsson @ 2010-12-13 8:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Hans-Christoph Steiner; +Cc: git
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.
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* Re: native-style key bindings for gitk on Mac OS X
2010-12-13 8:30 ` Andreas Ericsson
@ 2010-12-13 16:28 ` Hans-Christoph Steiner
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Hans-Christoph Steiner @ 2010-12-13 16:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andreas Ericsson; +Cc: git
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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