Re: q for quit in plot windows

[<tim...@en...>]

> On Friday 01 June 2007 10:04, Timothée Lecomte wrote:
>> Why not 'ctrl-i' ? Sounds like 'interactive' or 'interface', and if I
>> recall correctly it's the key to be pressed to edit in vim.
>
> ctrl-i is the <tab> key, and is a normal thing to type in a text
> string.  Remember that ctrl-a through ctrl-z are all normal ASCII
> single-byte characters, and have a long history of specific use.
>

Oh, ok. I now understand why so many apps use a key plus two modifiers for
their bindings.


> We should not re-invent key mappings, since so many people are
> used to a particular set of mappings.  I think it safer to have
> no default at all, and require the user to explicitly choose a
> hotkey if he wants one.
>

Agreed.