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Keyboard shortcuts preferences

Some of the keyboard shortcuts used in the editor can be customized. A subfolder of the"Keyboard Shortcuts" folder in the editor preferences corresponds to each of these customizable shortcuts. There are four values to set to define a shortcut: which key must be pressed and whether Ctrl, Alt or Shift have to be pressed at the same time. You will find a combination of all in each shortcut subfolder. The customizable shortcuts are:

Caution:
You should not use combinations made of only "Alt" and another key as they are reserved for menu shortcuts.

Tips:
On the other hand, you may use combinations made of only a key to create very fast shortcuts, for example with the function keys.
To know what string corresponds to a given key, you can look up in the EV_KEY_CONSTANTS of EiffelVision2.The `key_strings' table links keys with a string representation.

There are three other categories in the shortcut preferences. These can be used to automatically insert a user-defined string in the editor. If you find yourself typing some strings very often, these preferences can be handy.