On Fri, Oct 14, 2005 at 07:51:37PM -0300, bulia byak wrote:
On 10/14/05, Alan Horkan <horkana@...44...> wrote:
F3 was used for the Zoom tool Shift F7 is now used for the Zoom tool (as well as other keybindings)
I object (even though Xara has it that way). Zoom is a very common operation.
It is a very common operation, but nearly all the zoom operations are already mapped to the number keys and to +/- anyway, so in practice I find the zoom tool itself is not that needed.
F4 was used for the Rectangle tool Shift F3 is now used for the Rectangle tool
F5 was used for the Arc/Ellipse tool Shift F4 is now used for the Arc/Ellipse tool
I object (even though Xara has it that way). I can live with ellipses on a shift-key, but rectangle is a very common operation.
Overall, I would accept those keys but only if they are a part of a _complete_ Xara-like keyboard profile. Changing just a few keys to map to Xara, but leaving all others unchanged, strikes me as almost useless. It's like cutting off a dog's tail in small pieces.
What are your proposals for mappings?
Of course not all changes are treated like that. But this is a very sensitive area that affects every single user. Even minor keybinding changes need to be discussed before implementation, but these are not minor at all.
I think you are a bit too close to the problem. You have extremely strong preferences for the keyboard shortcuts, so it probably seems like it is extremely critical. However, I don't think you have any data to support the assertion that it affects every user. Case in point, it does not affect me since I don't use the F-keys when using Inkscape. I'm sure I'm not alone.
Please realize that by making the process of proposing keyboard changes be such a gauntlet to run, you risk a situation where we end up with an Inkscape that is very well optimized for Bulia, but poorly optimized for the general user. Only by making it straightforward for other users to make tweaks to the keyboard layout can we be certain that we are optimizing the application for all users.
Bryce