On Tuesday 31 August 2004 01:25, Lars Erik Gullerud wrote: > On Mon, 30 Aug 2004, Ulrich Spoerlein wrote: > > On Mon, 30.08.2004 at 09:31:06 -0700, David O'Brien wrote: > > > > mergemasters is gross. Have you ever tried to run it on an 80-column > > > > display? I absolutely hate the "left" "right" stuff. You push the > > > > "l" with your right hand and the "r" with your left for crying out > > > > loud. > > > > > > LOL!! > > > > This is not funny. I myself have to think loud about which button to > > press. 'r' is on the left keyboard side and 'l' is to the right. > > I second the "don't laugh" - you have no idea how many times I have to > select "redo the merge" when upgrading servers usually during a > late-night maintenance window, with a brain only functioning due to > large amounts of caffeine in the bloodstream... > > (Not that I have any suggestions for other keys to use, mind you - but > the mind's wiring does have a problem with getting used to pressing a > key with the left hand to select the right side of the screen and > vice versa...) I suggest (lowercase H)"h"(=left) and (lowercase L)"l"(=right) ... that'd make it a lot more familiar to all the *hack*ers out there ... *lol* (couldn't resist) -- /"\ Best regards, | mlaier_at_freebsd.org \ / Max Laier | ICQ #67774661 X http://pf4freebsd.love2party.net/ | mlaier_at_EFnet / \ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Against HTML Mail and News
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