[python-win32] Concerns with PythonWin documentation

[bob gailer]

Tim Roberts wrote:
> bob gailer wrote:
>> A few years ago I wrote on this subject and never had a response. 
>> Since Tim has put the docs on the Web I revisited them. And I still 
>> have questions and concerns. So here goes:
>> ...
>> Under Keyboard Bindings:
>> ...
>> Why is Ctrl+ followed by upper case letters when one must use the 
>> lower case equivalent?
>
> There are actually several reasons for this.
>
> I don't know about yours, but on my keyboard, all of the alpha keys 
> are labeled with upper case letters.  That is, I press the Ctrl and T 
> keys to get the ASCII value 0x24, not the Ctrl and t keys.
>
> Original ASCII, from whence these names derived, only had lowercase, 
> uppercase, and control.  Ctrl-A was unambiguous, because there was no 
> code for Ctrl-Shift-A.
>
> The Ctrl+T spelling was also mandated by the old Windows User 
> Interface Style Guide.

Thanks Tim. I thought I had removed comments anent that after figuring 
out what you just said.


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