Re: [Celestia-developers] Key binding
Real-time 3D visualization of space
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From: Fridger S. <fri...@de...> - 2006-09-26 20:57:01
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Christophe, Christophe Teyssier wrote: >> OK, but purists will see this as "suicide bombing" of the i18n idea! >> After all this effort to translate everything for language ignorants, >> you now argue >> >> "key shortcuts are to be based on English mnemonics >> whatever the current locale, "Enregistrer" is CTRL+S" >> >> Horror, I say pure horror ;-) >> >> My advice: motiviate the people to learn some basic English, save >> yourself lots of work, BUT remain consistent! ... >> > > Well, most people would rather learn Enregistrer is CTRL-S, rather than > enregistrer in English is Save, so the shortcut must be CTRL-S. Even in > English not all shortcuts have mnemonics: Paste is CTRL-V. > > Firstly, I agree that shortcuts should not have to be mnemonic! My saying, see above ;-) But if a mnemonic mapping is wanted (<=== Chris) THEN it should be consistent and truly multi-lingual! Cheers, Fridger |