[Geany] revisiting default keyboard shortcuts: a proposed solution

[Enrico Tröger]

On Tue, 4 Sep 2007 12:27:32 -0400, "John Gabriele" <jmg3000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 9/4/07, Enrico Tröger <enrico.troeger at uvena.de> wrote:
> > On Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:17:07 +0100, Nick Treleaven
> > <nick.treleaven at btinternet.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > [...]
> > > > Currently, the F-keys are used the way I'm proposing Shift-Alt
> > > > be used. This is fine, and some users who really want certain
> > > > F-key commands really at their fingertips may want to re-assign
> > > > them to
> >
> > I can't understand why you have such a big antipathy against the
> > F-keys ;-). Seriously, I don't believe I'm the only one who likes to
> > use the F-keys. One reason should be that many(or even most [besides
> > Emacs ;-)]) apps use the F-keys by default.
> 
> I probably use my editor more than all the other apps on my system
> combined. And most of that time, my fingers on on the home row. I can
> hit Ctrl, Shift-Ctrl, Alt, Shift-Alt, and Ctrl-Alt just fine and zoom
> around the editor and text files with those keys without removing my
> hands from the home row. Having to resort to using an F-key throws a
> monkeywrench into the works and I've got to remove my hands *and* look
> down to find those F-keys.
Hehe, I have more problems to press Shift-Alt than pressing blindly any
F key. And for pressing any F key I need only one finger, for pressing
any key together with Shift-Alt I need in most cases even both hands.
All what I want to say is that not all people dislike the F keys.


Regards,
Enrico

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