Re: [Audacity-quality] [Audacity-devel] Introduction and Go to Selection patch
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From: Martyn S. <mar...@gm...> - 2013-04-26 00:10:28
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On 24/04/2013 14:32, Steve the Fiddle wrote: > On 24 April 2013 13:59, Benjamin Drung <bd...@de...> wrote: >> Am Mittwoch, den 24.04.2013, 09:22 +0200 schrieb Joost Andrae: >>> Hi, >>> >>> just a side note: >>> >>> Why do you want to reinvent the wheel when most applications use the key >>> combination >>> >>> "Ctrl +" for zoom-in >>> and >>> "Ctrl -" for zoom-out >> >> and "Ctrl+0" for Zoom Normal >> >> -- >> Benjamin Drung >> Debian & Ubuntu Developer > > I like the idea of using the familiar Ctrl++, Ctrl+-, Ctrl+0 for zoom > in, out, normal (we should probably have done this initially). Let's do that, and follow the main-stream. Much less painful, from a user perspective. > For "modifier+letter" key bindings I much prefer there to be some > association between the letter and the function (Crl+A = All, Ctrl+D = > Duplicate) as this makes them much easier to remember. +1 But changing them is a PITA for users. (I still have problems pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del as a result of using earlier DOS machines.) Let's do a load of them at once. We have so many > key bindings that this is probably not possible (thanks David for > feedback about square brackets). Personally I find "modifier + > letter", where "letter" is unrelated to the function, to be positively > off-putting for my ability to remember it because psychologically I'm > expecting an association. +1 > If we used Ctrl++, Ctrl+-, Ctrl+0 for zoom in, out, normal, then > Ctrl+1 and Ctrl+2 would be free (and no longer associated with "Zoom" > functions), so perhaps they could be used for "Go to Selection Start / > End"? I prefer the Ctrl + [ / ], but I'm not passionate. > As "Go to Selection Start/End" will be new in Audacity 2.0.4, it would > be highly preferable to make a decision before release and then stick > with it. +1 I think that the fact that we are adding new features to this > section of the View menu provides our best opportunity (excuse) to > change the default key bindings for Zoom to "standard" key bindings. Indeed. We shouldn't be making this type of changes very often, and this would be a good excuse. Let's make our best efforts at a reasonable (and memorable) set of keys. Martyn > Steve > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Try New Relic Now & We'll Send You this Cool Shirt > New Relic is the only SaaS-based application performance monitoring service > that delivers powerful full stack analytics. Optimize and monitor your > browser, app, & servers with just a few lines of code. Try New Relic > and get this awesome Nerd Life shirt! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic_d2d_apr > _______________________________________________ > audacity-devel mailing list > aud...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/audacity-devel > |