Re: [Gretl-users] questions about the next release
On Sat, 12 Oct 2013, Berend Hasselman wrote:
On 11-10-2013, at 21:49, Allin Cottrell <cottrell(a)wfu.edu> wrote:
> It's time we put out a new gretl release (this will be 1.9.13) and
> we're pretty much ready to do that. But first I'd like to ask a
> couple of questions, about the gretl packages for MS Windows and Mac
> OS X, and see what people have to say [...]
I am very much in two minds about [making the gtk-quartz
version of gretl the default download for the Mac].
[...]
The quartz version has weirdness with the keyboard.
Command+H brings up the help system but in the gretl OS X menu at
top of the screen Command+H is the standard shortcut for Hide
Gretl. And that doesn't work now. Confusing.
I'll take a look at that.
I prefer the quartz version for the looks and the absence of X but
really don't like the absence of a standard way to get to the menu
with a keyboard shortcut and the absence of single letter keyboard
navigation of the menus. One is forced to use the mouse.
I hear you -- and I'm not proposing to do away with the X11 version
at this point -- but my guess is that most Mac users are not in the
habit of using the keyboard to navigate menus. I'm by no means
authoritative on that, however. Any other opinions, people?
Allin Cottrell