On Tue, 2003-05-20 at 22:33, Paul Baker wrote: > On Tuesday, May 20, 2003, at 04:48 PM, Miernik wrote: > > >> Dare I suggest the Aqua Human Interface Guidelines? > >> http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/macosx/Essentials/ > >> AquaHIGuidelines/index.html > > > > More specifically (I had to use "search" to find these): > > > > http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/macosx/Essentials/ > > AquaHIGuidelines/AHIGUserInput/chapter_9_section_4.html > > http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/macosx/Essentials/ > > AquaHIGuidelines/AHIGUserInput/chapter_9_section_5.html > > http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/macosx/Essentials/ > > AquaHIGuidelines/AHIGUserInput/chapter_9_section_6.html > > http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/macosx/Essentials/ > > AquaHIGuidelines/AHIGUserInput/chapter_9_section_7.html > > > > Looks reasonable. > > > > What would be the x86 equivalent of <Command> key? > > Essentially anywhere the HIG uses Command, under Linux you would use > Control. Instead of Option use Alt. And I guess wherever the HIG uses > Control, you would instead use the Windows (logo) key which may or may > not exist. > > So for example where the HIG says to use Command+S for Save, in Linux > apps that should be (and usually is) Control+S. Instead of Command+C > for Copy, it's Control+C. Instead of Command+X for Cut, it's Control+X. > Instead of Option+Command+S for Save All, it's Alt+Control+S. > > > There is also and <Option> key in the Mac. > > As described above, that would be the Alt key. And in fact every mac > keyboard I've seen actually has "Alt" in tiny letters on the key itself. > Having used a thin Mac (the original 128 KB, b&w little screen thing,) the early Option keys did not have Alt on them. > > That might be the <right ms-win key with menu and arrow>? > > Not sure what you mean by this so I guess we should ignore it? > > -- > Paul Baker > > "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary > safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." > -- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 > > GPG Key: http://homepage.mac.com/pauljbaker/public.asc -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: kahnt@hosehead.dyndns.org
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