cjakeman, on 30 August 2021 - 10:40 AM, said:
With all the new features being added to Open Rails, our keyboard commands are getting used up. I believe we had a discussion thread (which I cannot now find) about supporting a sequence of keystrokes, such as:
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It would be good to have a central register of available key commands for developers to choose from and also provide some guidance in the correct selection of a new key command (though I suspect that the horse has already bolted).
At the moment a developer seems to choose any key command that is not being used, and sometimes special keys (IMHO) have not been allocated to the most important use (for example using single key commands for the main operational controls of a locomotive). This register should be reviewed periodically by ORMT or whenever a new key command is added. It should also be updated by a developer who selects a new key as part of their PR. Thus this register would add some level of structure to the key command usage.
This register should be held in the OR development repository. This will ensure that reserved functions stay reserved, rather then relying on a thread, which over time gets lost and forgotten.