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From: kai.grossjohann@gmx.net (Kai Großjohann)
Subject: Re: lRe: MS Windows "Alt-Menu" support
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 22:22:52 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <84k79l2rfn.fsf@slowfox.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: QJiZa.154940$XV.8190415@twister.austin.rr.com

"Herb Martin" <news@LearnQuick.com> writes:

>> While the new Alt behavior would be good for Windows users, I wonder
>> what users of other OSes do?  I think it's also becoming common with
>> modern X11 applications that Alt-X invokes the menu bar entry X.  But
>> I think for X11 apps, it's hold-down-Alt-while-pressing-X instead of
>> the Windows way.
>
> I think the suggestion -- and I agreed -- was to make it configurable.

Well, that allows non-Windows users to turn the feature off.  But
that means they're not better off than now, where the feature is also
off (because it doesn't exist).

My question was how to make life better for non-Windows users?

I realize it's a toughie, so it's more a theoretical thing...
-- 
Two cafe au lait please, but without milk.

  reply	other threads:[~2003-08-10 20:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-08-07  2:21 MS Windows "Alt-Menu" support Herb Martin
2003-08-07 13:44 ` Johan Bockgård
2003-08-08 11:50   ` Herb Martin
2003-08-07 14:03 ` Javier Oviedo
2003-08-07 16:47   ` Bruce Ingalls
2003-08-07 15:14 ` Peter Lee
2003-08-07 15:27   ` Peter Lee
2003-08-08 19:55     ` danlee
2003-08-08 19:00 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-08-08 20:04   ` Jeffery B. Rancier
2003-08-08 22:01   ` Peter Lee
2003-08-08 23:17     ` Herb Martin
2003-08-09 10:01       ` Kai Großjohann
2003-08-10  3:11         ` lRe: " Herb Martin
2003-08-10 20:22           ` Kai Großjohann [this message]
2003-08-11  5:09             ` Herb Martin
2003-08-11  5:13             ` Herb Martin
2003-08-12 18:31               ` Kai Großjohann
2003-08-13  1:08                 ` Herb Martin
2003-08-15 13:07                   ` Kai Großjohann
2003-08-18  6:03                     ` Herb Martin
2003-08-18 11:55                     ` Bruce Ingalls
2003-08-08 23:15   ` Herb Martin

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