9 Jun
2005
9 Jun
'05
8:51 p.m.
On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 11:18:59 +1000, Peter Moulder wrote:
On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 04:59:52AM -0400, Helge Hielscher wrote:
I've now adapted Inkscape's existing unicode entry method to conform to section 5.1 of that standard, with Ctrl-U as the "beginning sequence" and <Ret> or keypad-enter as "ending sequences". I've implemented the recommended behaviour for <space> key.
Wow. Thank you, that was fast.
Other differences:
- gtk uses press of ctrl and shift as the "beginning sequence", and release of those keys as the "ending sequence", whereas inkscape uses Ctrl-U for begin as it has in the past, and GDK_Return or GDK_KP_Enter as ending sequence. Ctrl+Shift is presumably more widespread (e.g. it is used in the examples in the spec; though the spec explicitly this as merely an example rather than recommendation). OTOH, it would conflict with Inkscape's widespread use of Ctrl+Shift in shortcuts. E.g. we might want Ctrl-Shift-B to toggle bold. (Also, Ctrl+Shift is harder to implement than Ctrl-U.)
Could you please make Ctrl-Shift an option? All applications I have tried (Mozilla, GIMP, Gedit, Abiword) use it. It would make entering unicode more consistant.
Regards, Helge Hielscher