[crossfire] [PATCH 0/2] Work on keys.c and the keybinding system

Kevin Zheng kevinz5000 at gmail.com
Sun Nov 3 09:39:48 CST 2013


On 11/02/2013 18:21, Arvid Brodin wrote:
> I think we should still remove the functionality that allows one 
> to rebind the modifier keys, for two reasons:
> 
> * It doesn't seem to work. Try it out on rev 19089 - the bind is
>   successful (when you press the bound key the corresponding "Run"/
>   "Shift" indicator lights up), but as soon as you press a direction
>   key, the Run/Fire modifier is lost, and you only get a normal 
>   direction press.

This seems like a very compelling reason to me. I vote that we go ahead
and make the change.

> * Patch #2 introduces character-specific keys files. It would be
>   nice to take the opportunity to change the format of that file
>   in the same go, to correspond with the Ctrl and Shift keys (so
>   "C" for Ctrl, instead of todays "R" for run, etc).

Yes, this change makes sense if control keys can't be rebound.

Thanks,
Kevin Zheng


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