Proposal for new modifiers/shortcuts system

[todd rme]

On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Dmitry Kazakov <dimula73 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> As we discussed at the last Krita sprint, Krita needs some common system to
> manage keyboard shortcuts and modifiers. The problem is, different keyboard
> keys should switch tools temporarily and restore the tool when the key is
> released. E.g. we need canvas panning, rotation, color picking, brush
> adjustments.
>
> I was thinking about the design of this system. And i think it is better to
> do it Calligra-wide. That's why I've published its design proposal to
> Calligra wiki:
>
> http://community.kde.org/Calligra/Libs/Interactional_Tools
>
> Theoretically, all the other tools may be ported to it in the future, but
> this is not mandatory as there are wrappers for old tools left.
>
> So i would really like to hear your opinion about this system. Especially,
> about naming of the classes =)


Why calligra only?  This sounds like it is something that would be
generally useful to all of KDE.

-Todd