[PD] configurable short-cut: WAS Re: find last error brings up subpatch or abstraction, but how to find parent?

[Christof Ressi]

> power users would profit while a larger group of people would get
> confused more easily and find it harder to get help.

Most non-trivial applications have configurable shortcuts and it doesn't seem to cause much troubles. Can you imagine a text editor, DAW or video editing software without configurable shortcuts? Regular users simply stick with the default shortcuts anyway. 

I think Cyrille didn't really argue against user configurable shortcuts:

> > having user-configurable shortcut can be nice, but having default
> > shortcut that works for 90% of users seem more important.

I think the takeaway is: have good default shortcuts + make them configurable

Christof



> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 27. November 2019 um 13:30 Uhr
> Von: "Roman Haefeli" <reduzent at gmail.com>
> An: pd-list at lists.iem.at
> Betreff: Re: [PD] configurable short-cut: WAS Re: find last error brings up subpatch or abstraction, but how to find parent?
>
> On Wed, 2019-11-27 at 10:24 +0100, cyrille henry wrote:
> > 
> > Le 26/11/2019 à 12:15, IOhannes m zmölnig a écrit :
> > > On 11/25/19 9:00 AM, Roman Haefeli wrote:
> > > > Personally, I use this so often it would warrant its own keyboard
> > > > shortcut.
> > > 
> > > i use this so seldomly, that i wouldn't have thought about adding a
> > > keyboard shortcut.
> > > 
> > > anyhow: i think the way forward is to make the shortcuts
> > > user-configurable, so everybody can map whatever they prefer to any
> > > menu-option.
> > 
> > I personally use pd on lot's of different computer, including
> > computers that are not mine.
> > having user-configurable shortcut can be nice, but having default
> > shortcut that works for 90% of users seem more important.
> 
> I tend to join Cyrilles's camp here. I value consistency across
> installations more than configurability. I believe a small subset of Pd
> power users would profit while a larger group of people would get
> confused more easily and find it harder to get help.
> 
> Roman
> 
> 
> 
> 
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