Re: [eclipse-dev] New Key Configuration

["Bob Foster" <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My feedback is: bigfoot. I am already using several of these key bindings in
my editor. Humbly request that as of M6 key bindings be considered API.

Bob Foster

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Douglas Pollock" <pollockd@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <eclipse-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 12:03 PM
Subject: [eclipse-dev] New Key Configuration


> One of the plan items for the Platform UI team is to improve the keyboard
> bindings in Eclipse ("https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=37934
> ").  As part of this, we have been asked to provide a good set of initial
> key bindings.  We have noticed that current set of key bindings is
> crowded, and that some of the key bindings cause problems on different
> platforms and locales.
>
> To truly support a common set of key bindings across the platform, we
> believe teams should try adhere to the following guidelines:
> + Use of multiple-stroke key bindings (similar to Visual Studio and Emacs)
> to define groups of similar keys
> + Avoiding keys that cause problems with international keyboards or window
> managers.  Examples of keys that cause problems are: escape, numbers,
> punctuation, function keys, Ctrl+Shift+[0-9A-F], tab, Ctrl+Alt+*, Alt+*
> + Encouraging the use of Ctrl+[A-Z] and Ctrl+Shift+[G-Z] as key bindings
>
> We have provided a new set of key bindings in today's integration build
> (I20031202).  You can try these new key bindings out by selecting
> "Standard 3.0 - NEW!" as your key configuration.  We would appreciate
> people trying out these new key bindings for a while.  This new set of key
> bindings is by no means set in stone, and we appreciate any feedback we
> get.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
> Doug.
>
>
>
> P.S.  An alternative Emacs key configuration will be available for next
> week's integration build.
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