[wxPython-users] Tell between menu item click and accelerator keypress

[Christopher Barker]

OT, but what the heck...

Robin Dunn wrote:
> Christopher Barker wrote:
>> though it's a bit odd -- as OS-X has both command and control!
> 
> I currently have my Emacs settings on Mac using the Ctrl key for all the 
> Emacsy bindings and the custom bindings I've done in my .emacs and use 
> on all platforms, and the Cmd key is set to match all the standard OS X 
> key bindings as much as possible.  This way if I switch from some Mac 
> app to Emacs and my fingers are still used to the "The Mac Way" then it 
> works, and if I switch from another platform to Emacs on the Mac and my 
> fingers are still in CUA mode with the Ctrl key then it also works.

As most "standard" GUI apps use the Command Key on the Mac and control 
on windows and Linux (Thunderbird, Firefox, etc, etc), I kept getting 
confused and trying to use ctrl+c on the mac, when I meant cmd+c. So I 
mapped the ctrl key to mean "command" on the Mac. However there are 
programs (unix command line stuff in particular) that need the control 
key, so, since the CapLock key is evil, I've mapped CapsLock to ctrl on 
all my machines -- Linux, Mac and Windows. It works for me!

-Chris

PS: I recommend everyone re-maps their CapsLock key anyway!



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