FS#639Ability to load a file of keyboard shortcuts
- Type
- Feature Request
- Status
- Assigned
- Category
- QCAD (main)
- Severity
- Low
- Priority
- Low
- Reported version
- 3 RC5
- Operating system
- All
- Reported
- 2012-07-13 by emulti
It would be useful if a file of keyboard shortcuts to commands could be loaded.
Then a set of shortcuts identical/based on the Autocad keyboard shortcuts can be loaded, making it much easier for Autocad users to migrate to your product.
There does seem to be some future functionality planned here, with the shortcut 'scheme' selector in Program Preferences, but for the moment 'Qcad' is the only option available.
This strategy is used to great effect by Draftsight (but who trusts a big company like Dassault/Solidworks...)
Comments (3)
In Acad keyboard shortcuts are located in file Alias.pgp.
Alias.pgp is a user ASCII-editable file, and can be used to redefine commands and shortcuts.
It would be handy as QCAD introduces a similar file.
Example;
;alias.pgp
;QCAD's user command translation file
;Syntax; [alias] [command]
ss Select
cpy Copy
movMovCPY
the sameand ans
n Acad keyboard shortcuts are located in file Alias.pgp.
Alias.pgp is a user ASCII-editable file, and can be used to redefine commands and shortcuts.
It would be handy as QCAD introduces a similar file.
Example;
;alias.pgp
;QCAD's user command translation file
;Syntax; [alias] [command]
ss Select
cpy Copy
mov Move
zmw Zoom Window
zma Zoom All
ln Line
Not only are the shortcuts different, the ways those functions are implemented are that too.
It will never be one on one matching.
I can't locate a shortcut ‘scheme’ in recent releases ...
Also knowing that 'QCAD is not intended as a ACAD clone'.
Regards,
CVH