[ge-talk] new way for keyboard shortcuts

[Ari Haviv]

On 1/30/07, Waldemar Kornewald <wkornewald at haiku-os.org> wrote:
> Hi Ari,
> >
> > So you'd hit control, type cut, hit enter and the selected text would be cut.
> > Another advantage is that you could type page down and not have to
> > reach all the way to the page down key.
>
> There is already a similar concept and you can even buy software for
> Windows that does exactly this. The commands are available in *all*
> applications, though. For example, I can select text within Firefox
> and type "word count" (it's sufficient to type the first few letters
> because it's auto-completed) and I automatically know how many words
> my selected text has. There are also commands for "spellcheck" and
> "define" (gets definition of the selected word) and you can even
> launch applications that way.
>
> But instead of having to press CTRL and then ENTER (which is modal)
> you just hold down CAPSLOCK (yeah, this key finally becomes useful!)
> and type the command. Release CAPSLOCK and it gets executed.
>
WOULDN'T (whoops) wouldn't that make anything I type allcaps? :)
this would be very bad for people who have trouble holding down more
than one key at a time
You then end up needing
http://www.microsoft.com/enable/training/windowsxp/stickykeys.aspx

Like I said, there are some people who simply can't use a mouse and
they have to be able to do everything with the keyboard. With others,
it's simply faster not having to reach for the mouse all the time.
With my idea they don't need to reach for function keys or hold
anything down either

> I think that this is only useful for experts. It's basically the
> combination of GUI and CLI. I was thinking of using CAPSLOCK for
> running queries and executing applications instead of as a general
> command key. This *could* even be realistic for R2 (or maybe even R1
> if someone implements the input_server filter?).
>

It's not really a cli. It just substitutes the keyboard shortcuts such
as control+z for undo with control/undo/enter. Someone could make an
alias like un for undo or ps for print screen.

I suppose it could be like a basic cli for opening or closing apps or
restarting the pc.

> Bye,
> Waldemar Kornewald
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