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Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] ui/cocoa: add option to swap Option and Command, enab


From: 'Gerd Hoffmann '
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] ui/cocoa: add option to swap Option and Command, enable by default
Date: Tue, 4 May 2021 11:20:30 +0200

On Sat, May 01, 2021 at 07:47:10AM -0300, Gustavo Noronha Silva wrote:
> Hey there,
> 
> On Sat, May 1, 2021, at 6:39 AM, BALATON Zoltan wrote:
> > > On Mac OS X the Option key maps to Alt and Command to Super/Meta. This 
> > > change
> > > swaps them around so that Alt is the key closer to the space bar and 
> > > Meta/Super
> > > is between Control and Alt, like on non-Mac keyboards.
> > >
> > > It is a cocoa display option, enabled by default.
> > 
> > Not sure it's a good idea to enable this by default. That mixes up the 
> > keyboard unexpectedly for those who don't need this and also different 
> > from previous behaviour so better to have this option enabled by those who 
> > want it than annoy everyone.
> 
> That is indeed a good point. I can certainly switch that off by
> default and enable it myself, anyone else would like to weigh in on
> this one?

Usually the default of new config option is "traditional behavior",
i.e. do what older versions without the config option did.

So, yes, please flip the default.

thanks,
  Gerd




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