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maybe implement CTRL++ to zoom text

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Message #82 received at 28182 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: homeros.misasa <at> gmail.com, jidanni <at> jidanni.org, rms <at> gnu.org,
 28182 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, juri <at> linkov.net
Subject: Re: bug#28182: maybe implement CTRL++ to zoom text
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2019 10:36:12 +0300

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
> Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2019 03:40:05 +0200
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Tak Kunihiro <homeros.misasa <at> gmail.com>, 
> 	Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>, 28182 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 
> 	積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
> 
> Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >   > I think it's a better default, since it's more in line with user
> >   > expectations.  The "Ctrl+mouse whell changes font size" behaviour is
> >   > pretty ubiquitous in browsers, text editors and IDEs.
> >
> > I proposed CTRL +, but you're talking about the mouse wheel.
> > They are not the same: my laptop has no mouse wheel.
> 
> Earlier in this thread, Eli objected to that proposal because it would
> be backwards incompatible.

The problem is not with C-+, which is undefined by default.  The
problem is with C--, which is used for numeric arguments.  It makes
little sense to me to use C-+ for increasing the font size without
also using C-- for decreasing it.

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