CTRL+Y as shortcut for redo

[Nathan Olberding]

> Probably, we *will* end up with c-y eaten for redo, just because it's used
> for that by a company that probably want KDE to disappear. 

I think the issue is that people who use that company's product use
ctrl+y, not just the company itself. Again, I could go either way with
this.

On 6/27/05, Anders Lund <anders at alweb.dk> wrote:
> On Friday 24 June 2005 19:39, Nathan Olberding wrote:
> > There certainly is a small shortage of available key combos. OTOH,
> > more obscure keyboard shortcuts (such as ctrl+y) are expendible, IMO.
> > Is Windows / OO.o user comfort a big enough reason to expend ctrl+y? I
> > think that's the only question. I'm indifferent. I think it should at
> > least be that way for the Microsoft Windows scheme, but outside of
> > that...
> 
> The main problem with the availability of the shortcut is that if it's even
> potentially used for a standard action, it can't be used in applications.
> 
> And for me, this whole debate is like politics. I disagree with a lot of
> decisions that politicians make, because i find them wrong. I rarely see
> things go the way I prefer, but that does not make those decisions right.
> Probably, we *will* end up with c-y eaten for redo, just because it's used
> for that by a company that probably want KDE to disappear. That does not make
> it a good/better decision.
> 
> -anders
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