Question about entry shortcuts in the date field

[David Carlson]

On 11/17/2011 11:22 AM, Colin Law wrote:
> On 17 November 2011 17:17, David Carlson <carlson.dl at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> Hi,  I recently noticed that when I use my laptop which does not have a
>> separate numeric keypad, If I use shift = to make a plus key, the date
>> increments by 7 days.
>> In fact, since there is no separate plus key, I cannot use the keyboard
>> to increment the date by one day.  I never try to enable the embedded
>> numeric keypad on that keyboard, because it confuses me too much.
>>
>> I like the idea of shift plus and shift minus changing the date by a
>> week when I do have a separate keypad.  However, That behavior is not
>> listed on page 35 of the concepts guide with the list of entry shortcuts.
>>
>> Is there a way to fix the program and the concepts guide both to work
>> correctly when the embedded keypad is off?
> 
> For me (on Ubuntu)  = increments by one day and - decrements by one
> day, shift = (ie +) and shift - by seven days.
> 
> Colin
> 

Thanks, Colin

I went back to my fully keyboarded (Windows XP) computer and found that
the equals/plus key next to the backspace key works that way here too,
regardless of the NumLock setting.  That should be explained on page 35
as well.

Who would have thought that equals equals plus?
Could we just destroy all keyboards that do not have separate numeric
keypads?

I will assert that the equals key is complicated enough having one
meaning in amount fields in Gnucash and a different meaning in date
fields and yet another in spreadsheet cells, and more yet other meanings
in certain other contexts (think Reverse Polish calculators, which don't
even need an equals key)
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