Keyboard shortcuts (was: Re: Ph.D. Candidates and Note Anarchy)

[A Borg]

(edited for bottom posting, and took out the oo3 feedback address -- I 
am sure they read the ML anyway..)
> On Dec 12, 2004, at 9:09 AM, A Borg wrote:
>
>>>
>>> On Dec 11, 2004, at 2:41 PM, Mark Burgess wrote:
>>>
>>>> I agree, and something that bugs me about the new OO is the 
>>>> keyboard shortcuts for these activities. Move Right used to be 
>>>> simple: cmd-r; now it's a complex two-handed chord: cmd-ctrl-arrow. 
>>>> Now, I can appreciate using cmd-r for Show Ruler -- it's sort of a 
>>>> standard -- but otoh I never use that command and could easily live 
>>>> without the shortcut.
>>>
>>> I agree with this. Up, down, left, right (cmd-U, cmd-D, cmd-L, 
>>> cmd-R) are stuck in my brain from More and OO2. Please consider 
>>> adding a preference to support these older shortcuts.
>>
>> Isn't this strange: When using OO2 and NoteTaker at the same time, I 
>> constantly stumbled over the cmd-R etc.
>> shortcuts, found them awkward at best (Notetaker has tabs). Now with 
>> OO3, I automatically reach for cmd-R...
>>
>> Not wanting to diminish the IMHO great accomplishment that the 
>> Omnigroup team has reached with OO3, but
>> I think a application specific mechanism to change the shortcuts 
>> would be appropriate. I can add from
>> the viewpoint of someone using the German keyboard layout that cmd-[ 
>> translates into cmd-opt-5, and
>> (the here unrelated) cmd-\ into cmd-opt-shift-7. The ablility to 
>> change often used keyboard shortcuts to different ones would 
>> certainly give me another efficiency boost.
>>
>> Kei.
>>
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> Reminder: you can change the keyboard shortcut for any menu item that 
> you want for any application using the Keyboard & Mouse panel 
> (Keyboard Shortcuts tab) in System Preferences.

This is true, but OS X (at least 10.3.6, german layout) does not let 
you change "cmd-" only shortcuts.
Also, if you have many changes, the PrefPane method can become quite 
cumbersome. What I would dream of
is a mechanism where one could have whole shortcut *sets*, such as a 
"MORE set", national
keyboard sets etc. I even think that if Omni would provide the 
mechanism, a zillion sets would be
provided by the community instantly :-)

Borland (I think) ages ago had an word processor which could mimick the 
UI of word, wordperfect
and other then-famous wordprocessors. That app did not catch on, but 
the idea of an adaptive UI
is intriguing.

Well, 'nuff typed :-)

Kei.