[haiku-development] Re: AltGr Key, key_map, and the US-International Keyboard

  • From: Stefano Ceccherini <stefano.ceccherini@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 09:12:48 +0200

2012/4/6 Joseph Groover <looncraz@xxxxxxxxxxx>:

> I think you're putting too much importance into the use of key combos.

An interface which is not keyboard navigable is much less usable.

> Then again, to me using Alt+C/V/F/W is most natural - but I've spent most of
> my computing life in BeOS - and intend to use Haiku as my primary OS once
> things are in order.

It was natural for me too, since I used BeOS as my primary OS for many
years. It's no longer the case.

> If we default to Windows or Linux style, we lose the advantage of being
> different in the right ways.  Haiku shouldn't be attempting to be
> mainstream, merely sensible, lean, and simply powerful.

Indeed, but being different for the sake of being different is stupid.

> That said, however, I do miss accessing menus with keyboard shortcuts
> (though, IIRC, Alt+Esc should access the MenuBar of the active window).

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