On 1/5/07, Bryce Harrington <bryce@...961...> wrote:
-<note>On Linux, Alt+click and Alt+drag may be reserved by the window manager. Reconfigure it so you can use them in Inkscape.</note> +<note>On Linux, Alt+click and Alt+drag may be reserved by the window +manager. Ctrl+Alt+click produces similar behavior and can be </note> +<note>used instead, or if you'd prefer, reconfigure your window manager +so you can use them in Inkscape.</note>
Why the vague "similar" when you can be specific in what ctrl+alt+click does exactly and how it's different? By the way the complete description of ctrl+alt+click is just two lines below. Also, I think that if the user was motivated enough to consult the documentation, we should give him the correct solution (reconfigure WM) _first_ and the weak alternative second, not vice versa as you did.
So, instead I would add in parentheses at the end of the comment: "(Sometimes you can also use Ctrl+Alt+click (select under in groups) with the same effect.)"
Although to my taste, this would be rather confusing and therefore would do more harm than good.
@@ -697,7 +700,7 @@
<group> <title>Mouse select: objects</title> <mouse><key><left-click/></key> <action>click a non-selected object to select</action></mouse> -<mouse><key><alt/><left-click/></key> <action>select under</action></mouse> +<mouse><key><ctrl/><alt/><left-click/></key> <action>select under</action></mouse>
That won't do. I asked you to only change those cases where there's no conflict, and I even listed this specific one as an example of conflict. Ctrl+Alt+click does a completely different thing in Node tool.
Please review your patch with this requirement in mind. You'll need to search the doc and/or test the program to make sure that each Ctrl+Alt+click you propose does exactly the same as the corresponding Alt+click. If it does not, we'll have to leave this specific Alt+click alone.
Also, I don't think I'll agree to _replacing_ Alt+click by Ctrl+Alt+click. Instead, just list Ctrl+Alt+click as a second alternative shortcut, as is done, for example, for "zoom in" which lists both middle click and Ctrl+right click in the same line as alternatives. We can also add a comment in such cases pointing out that if Ctrl+Alt+click may work in some Linux systems where Alt+click does not.