[Geany] tuning Geany key combos

[François Cami]

On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:57:49 +0100
Nick Treleaven <nick.treleaven at btinternet.com> wrote:

> On 06/26/2007 07:03:48 PM, John Gabriele wrote:
> > On 6/26/07, Enrico Tröger <enrico.troeger at uvena.de> wrote:
> >> On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 11:43:27 -0400, "John Gabriele"  
> >> <jmg3000 at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> 
> >> > On 6/26/07, Enrico Tröger <enrico.troeger at uvena.de> wrote:
> >> > > On Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:41:07 -0400, "John Gabriele"
> >> > > <jmg3000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'd go with the more common operation -- go all lowercase first.
> > Besides, you're already holding down the Ctrl key and you want
> > uppercase, you just tap 'U' again.
> > 
> >> Is it really a problem to have two key bindings for that? AFAIK I
> >> always seen two bindings resp. two actions for lowering or uppering  
> >> the
> >> case in other apps.
> > 
> > No. The only problem is that using the Shift key to do the opposite of
> > the un-Shifted command feels backwards, and IMO is more difficult for
> > users to remember. Whenever I need to use Shift to do an opposite
> > operation, my brain has to stop short and go, "oh, right. yes, I know
> > Shift usually enhances the command in some way, but for this special
> > case it makes it do the opposite".
> > 
> Well there is Shift-F3 for search backwards too. Personally I find it  
> easier to remember with shift for things like that, and it frees up  
> more keys for other keybindings. But for indenting maybe ctrl-0 and  
> ctrl-9 are better. I think that's because it's easier to associate with  
> left and right.

Tab and Shift+Tab is easier to do, IMHO, especially for those of
us with localized keyboards, since numbers are not reachable without Shift.

Cheers

François