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[linas@linas.org]

It's been rumoured that Paul Lussier said:
> 
> In a message dated: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 00:37:18 PST
> Dave Peticolas said:
> 
> >Sure, we could add those. Any suggestions on what to use?
> >What about ; and '. They are pretty close to the day and
> >month keys and I don't think they are used in any locales
> >for actual date characters.
> 
> What about using a modifier key on the day keys?  This would allow you to keep 
> the same basic key structure for all increment/decrement operations which 
> would mean it's easier to remember for end-users, and I would expect that 
> you'd be able to reuse the same code with a simple test to see if a modifier
> key is also being used.
> 
> 	+/-	for days increment/decrement
>   Shift +/-	for weeks increment/decrement
>     Alt +/-	for months increment/decrement
>    Ctrl	+/-	for years increment/decrement
> 
> Of course, I'm sure someone will hate this idea, and therefore insist that 
> this be completely customizable, which will in turn require a whole bunch more 
> code for something so unimportant in the grand scheme of things :)


two other possibilites:
-- the key bindings that old xacc used
-- the key bindings that M$ uses for its calander widget. 

I rather like the last: its a handy little nod/helper for those
migrating from M$.

--linas