[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#7127) [FS] chatline

["Raimar Falke" <i-freeciv-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=7127 >

On Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 03:12:59AM -0800, Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa wrote:
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> <URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=7127 >
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> On Sat, 17 Jan 2004, Raimar Falke wrote:
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> >
> > <URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=7127 >
> >
> > On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 05:12:19PM -0800, Morgan Jones wrote:
> > >
> > > <URL: http://rt.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=7127 >
> > >
> > > >> Why not use the Esc key to both open and close the chatline?  This
> > > >> seems intuitive to me and there quite a few programs (admittedly
> > > >> Amiga ones) that use this.  Saves on enter/return confusion and we
> > > >> don't seem to use Esc for anything else.
> > > >
> > > > At least Diablo2 also uses Return for the popup. I want to use
> > > > Escape for closing of a screen (or any popups). Yes I agree that the
> > > > Enter/Return thing is a problem. The only other solution I could
> > > > think of is something like Shift-Return for the chatline popup.
> > > >
> > > The only other options I can think of is the Tab key and the key above
> > > it (with the ` and the ~ on it, IIRC Quake uses this).  I think we
> > > already use Tab for something.
> > >
> > > Otherwise, at least in the MUI client F4 doesn't do anything.  Maybe
> > > 'Del' ?
> >
> > Yes "'" may be an alternative.
> 
> Please keep in mind that not in all keyboards the key below Esc is ` ~.
> In my keyboard for e.g. it is | \.

Of course I know. On a german keyboard ' is Shift-# where # is above
the right-shift key.

        Raimar


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