[Geany] tuning Geany key combos

Nick Treleaven nick.treleaven at xxxxx
Tue Jul 3 15:46:39 UTC 2007


On 06/29/2007 04:48:21 PM, Michael Comperchio wrote:
> I like geany and use it on both windows and Linux for pretty much all  
> my miscellaneous editting. I've been following this thread and here's  
> my two cents. Many years ago when I first started writing GUI code  
> (OS/2...late 80's) we were required to adhere to CUA standards. These  
> have since become pretty much de-facto among GUI applications. My  
> fingers just seem to do them. Seaching on WikiPedia gave me this list  
> of keystrokes :
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_of_keyboard_shortcuts
> 
> Everyone has their own favorites, or wants, but it makes sense in the  
> bigger picture to have default values that conform, new users are  
> likely to try a program with non-standard keys, and discard it as  
> having too steep a learning curve otherwise.
> 
I agree. I think Geany basically conforms with that table where  
possible, except:
help is ctrl-h instead of f1
rEplace is ctrl-e instead of ctrl-h

I don't mind changing these if most people prefer them.

Regards,
Nick



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