[Rwp] OSARA keymap

John Schucker gwynn at tds.net
Sun Feb 22 22:10:50 EST 2015


I personally don't mind multiple key presses, and I'm pretty sure 
CakeTalking does this, for example. I also find function keys annoying, 
e.g. in GoldWave. They're a stretch for me to reach from the home row, 
so I just have to treat them as a separate row, and I usually end up 
counting and such. So I'm in favor of Jamie's keymap.

Could we have a keymap import function, or some simple way to replace 
it? I mean, if we're just overwriting files, I don't see why Jamie can't 
have whatever keymap makes sense to him as a default. Then somebody else 
can maintain a map with function keys and such, similar to Reaccess I 
guess. If you want that, if it's such a problem for you that you can't 
use function keys, I'm guessing you'll know enough, or easily be able to 
learn, to overwrite the default Osara keymap. It sounds like all you 
should need to do is copy and paste a single file anyway, so it really 
shouldn't be that hard.

But for what it's worth, I'd prefer non-function key mappings. I don't 
think pressing ctrl-shift-m, for instance, is all that much harder than 
pressing 'm' by itself, and certainly easier, for me at least, than 
figuring out what function key I need to try to find. I'd also think if 
people are that much in need of single keys, again, you could either 
import a map, remap them yourself, or get a control surface. I realize 
surfaces aren't cheap, even the Behringer is a couple hundred, but I 
imagine if you're arguing that you're doing so much serious work that 
ctrl-shift-m slows you down unnecessarily, you'd probably want some kind 
of surface anyway.


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