2015-05-23 9:52 GMT+02:00 Ben Coman <btc@openinworld.com>:
(If Meta is the Command-Key on a Mac keyboard).
No. On a Mac the "command" key is "Cmd" -- hence why I think we should not call it "command" internally, to help maintain platform independent semantics.
Yes and I thought this was the reason to define one Command-Modifier (Ctrl on Windows, because you use Ctrl+C for copy, Command on Mac, because you use Cmd+C for copy on a Mac) and map. (and we are using "Command" instead of a platform independent name, because many squeak-keyshortcuts had its history from the old first implementation for a mac. And users are used to this semantics.
No. I know they both have nice icons, but they are not the same. You don't use the windows key to copy text. Cheers -ben
Yes, exactly, they are the same keys but used for different purposes on each platform. Windows uses the ctrl-key for copy/paste, the alt-key for the menu bar, the Windows/Meta key for Desktop and Shell shortcuts. Mac uses the Meta/Command key copy/paste. -> I think we can not really use a platform independent schema, if the platform reserved the keys for its own purpose.