Re: Changes in the German translation >> Change other languages, change - into +

Hugh Sasse a écrit ce qui suit, le 23/12/09 11:54 :
> On Wed, 23 Dec 2009, Dominique Meeùs wrote:
>   
>> By the way, most documentation about software and most menus are expressing a
>> combination of keys with the + sign (like in "Ctrl+Q"). (Likely ?+Q on a Mac,
>> but I can?t check it now.) Why does Amaya alone (or nearly alone) write
>> "Ctrl-Q" and the like? This also should be made consistent with the common
>> practice about keyboard shortcuts.
>>     
>
> Because it has been a convention for years.  Google givew 112 million to
> 2.9 million in favour of ctrl- over ctrl+.  Where do you get you "most"
> from?  For a case in point, see the Kermit documentation.
>   
Sorry, I just looked at Bluefish, OOo, Firefox, Thunderbird, Nautilus 
and some others (under Ubuntu). I didn’t know about the other convention.

Received on Wednesday, 23 December 2009 11:24:29 UTC