Ctrl+Y shortcut for redo

[Dave Rowe]

On Thu, August 31, 2006 4:14 pm, Boudewijn Rempt wrote:
> On Thursday 31 August 2006 22:28, Simon Hausmann wrote:
>> On Thursday 31. August 2006 22:12, Thomas Zander wrote:
>> [...]
>>
>> > Reading back, I guess the most obvious solution is missed; both mac
>> and
>> > win know about ctrl-shift-z, you say? (which makes a really simple to
>> > press triangle here), so all KDE using people can just get used to
>> that
>> > on those platforms, right?
>>
>> I'm less worried about KDE people using Windows than Windows or Mac
>> people
>> switching to KDE and not even with the Windows shortcut theme getting
>> Ctrl+Y for redo.
>
> ctrl-Y is one of the worst shortcuts (right up with ctrl-h for search and
> replace) on Windows or Mac. It's not mnemonic. It's not related to undo by
> a
> long chalk. It's not widely advertised as the primary shortcut for redo.
>
> Before nicking a perfectly good application shortcut, we might first try
> to
> ascertain which proportion of Windows users use ctrl-shift-z and which
> proportion use ctrl-y.
>
> And then -- let the Windows people use the Windows keybindings we very
> thoughtfully provide for them. Let the Mac people use the Mac keybindings
> we
> provide for _them_. And let the people who started with WordStar,
> progressed
> through WordPerfect and CUA to KDE use a less wasteful and more logical
> set
> of keybindings and allow them the luxury of a spare keybinding for doing
> useful work.
>

Where in Windows is Ctrl-Shift-Z advertised as Redo?  In most applications
I use (Firefox included), Ctrl-Y is advertised (Edit menus) for Redo. 
Though Ctrl-Shift-Z _works_ but it's not displayed as the default shortcut
key within Windows from what I've seen.

Dave