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    About 1 key vs 2 key vs combination keys:

    As I've watched this thread, I've had a resistance to two key combos, because I've imagined being back to pressing "enter" all the time. But - as I think about it...

    1 - that's not necessarily so.
    2 - I find combinations much harder to do than two keys, even if "enter" is required. I have to stop, look, and worse - use two hands - for Ctrl-Alt whatever.

    I can do my two keys and enter in acrap with my eyes closed and one hand behind my back (or better yet - one hand staying on the mouse)
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    Quote Originally Posted by WendyWelton
    About 1 key vs 2 key vs combination keys:

    As I've watched this thread, I've had a resistance to two key combos, because I've imagined being back to pressing "enter" all the time. But - as I think about it...

    1 - that's not necessarily so.
    Wendy,

    What I am proposing is the use of the 2 letter key commands as used by Generic Cad and Visual Cad.
    You tap one key, then you tap the other key, the command is executed - no Enter required, no pressing 2 or 3 keys at once.
    When autocrap pillaged Generic Cad, they implemented the 2 letter shortcuts straight from Generic, BUT they couldn't do it without the Enter after the 2 letters which is not nearly as elegant.

    I just find it so funny when something like Ctrl+Shift+Q is called a shortcut! Well...please...first of all you have to remember what the shortcut is for, and then you have to somehow manipulate pressing 3 keys at the same time!!!!
    Pick me up off the floor - I'm laughing so much!!
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