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Re: Mac OSX Cmd vs Ctrl

 

> On Jul 2, 2015, at 3:11 PM, Andy Peters <devel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On Jul 2, 2015, at 12:37 AM, jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> Le 01/07/2015 22:21, Garth Corral a écrit :
>>> 
>>>> On Jul 1, 2015, at 12:22 PM, jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> wrote:
>>> <snip>
>>> 
>>>> The "issue" relative to Ctrl / Cmd is not clear for me.
>>>> 
>>>> Is it just the name "Ctrl" which should be displayed "Cmd" (which
>>>> is rather easy to change) or is it something else ?
>>>> 
>>> I think you are correct that it is merely an issue with the display
>>> of hotkeys in the list and not an issue in the definition of the
>>> keys.
>>> 
>>> Garth
>> 
>> Can you try the rev 5853.
>> 
>> I tried to use Cmd instead of Ctrl on Mac OSX.
>> Cmd replaces Ctrl in Hotkey list and menus (the result is for example to
>> run Pcbnew from Kicad, the accelerator key is Cmd + P and no more Ctrl + P.
>> 
>> I cannot test it on my PC.
>> 
>> The Hotkeys config files (if any) should be compatible between OSX and
>> others systems.
>> (in config files Cmd and Ctrl modifiers are equivalent)
> 
> Jean-Pierre, I think a regression was introduced. I am on Adam’s build of 5871.
> 
> ‘R’ is the hotkey for rotate in both pcbnew and eeschema. But now it’s acting as View | Redraw in both. I noticed that it wasn’t rotating a symbol but instead the menu briefly highlighted, so I looked further.
> 
> Similarly, ’S’ has a conflict between File Save and Set Grid Origin, and ‘F’ has a conflict between Find and Flip.
> 
> File Save should be cmd-S and Find should be cmd-F. I will look for other conflicts.


One more: ‘Z’ conflicts between Undo and Reset Grid Origin. Undo is usually Cmd-Z.

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