[Bf-committers] Why has "CTRL y" been removed from blender ?

[Jim Williams]

Yank (ctrl-y) is an extremely old keyboard standard.  TECO was using
it in the early 70s.  Blender has enough trouble with an out-of-step UI
already without removing one point where it is in line with normal
software.  I think if it has to be one or the other then it should be what
the rest of the software world uses.

On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Benjamin Tolputt
<btolputt at internode.on.net> wrote:
> On 16/04/2011 11:56 PM, Jass wrote:
>> Here is a customized startup.blend file which shows that ctrl+y and
>> ctrl+shift+z can
>> live together without problems:
>>
>>      http://www.pasteall.org/blend/6084
>>
>> So unless there is a good reason to ban usage of ctrl+y i propose to add
>> it back to blender
>
> The question to ask is, how many other operators get two key-board
> shortcuts to do the same thing in the same circumstances.
>
> I personally prefer CTRL+SHIFT+Z (it is easier to hit on my three
> keyboards and more "logical" to me when undoing/redoing an action), but
> that is not my point. My point is that barring some illogical reason for
> the current choice, adding another shortcut to do the exact same thing
> seems to be wasting limited slots in the user interface. As undo/redo is
> pretty much universal across all "modes" of operation - it removes the
> CTRL+Y option
>
> I'm not advocating specifically for abstaining from CTRL+Y (though have
> stated my preference) but I think we need to choose one or the other -
> not both. Given the number of changes in the interface and shortcuts, I
> believe (and this is an opinion that may not be shared) that just
> because there were two shortcuts in the old Blender doesn't make it a
> good reason to have the same duplication going forward.
>
> Is there a (semi)official position on this? Aside from correcting
> technical information, I have noted the people that get final say on
> this (i.e. are the ones that will or will not add this into the official
> startup blend) are refraining from comment at the moment.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Benjamin Tolputt
> Analyst Programmer
>
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