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Date: Thu, 16 Jun 94 13:59 BST-1
From: Andre Willey <andre@cix.compulink.co.uk>
Subject: Digested replies
To: gem-list@world.std.com
Message-Id: <memo.397898@cix.compulink.co.uk>
Precedence: bulk
Phew, just got through about a week's worth of stuff. Here's a few comments:
Timothy Miller <millert@undergrad.csee.usf.edu> wrote:
> It has been suggested several times that shift and control for the two
> above sets be EXCHANGED for various reasons, including the danger
> involved in at least one of them (shift-backspace), and that some people
> have expressed a preference that they be exchanged and some have said
> that the exchanged version would be more logical and consistent with some
> programs.
Actually, I tend to agree. I've always felt Control should do the more
'serious' action, and Shift the less serious. Thus Shift-Delete should act
on a word, Control-Delete on a line.
In <m0qCf80-0000qLC@sdf.lonestar.org>, ekl@sdf.lonestar.org wrote:
> If GFA Basic is incapable of doing something as simple as reading an
> address from fixed place in memory, then too damn bad.
Well I have no trouble at all with GFA doing that. I use the Cookie Jar
quite happily, via just a couple of lines of code. The thing to remember
is that the WORD{adr} syntax uses standard mode, whereas DPEEK(addr),
SDPOKE(addr), etc. provide supervisor mode access to memory locations
In <2dfb188e@daggskim.ct.se>, bo.leuf@daggskim.ct.se wrote:
>
> > CTRL F - Find
> > CTRL G - Find next
> > Shift CTRL G - Find previous
> > CTRL R - Replace
> > CTRL T - Replace Next
> > Shift CTRL T - Replace previous
>
> Now _why_ make this take more entries than really necessary?
>
> Ctrl-F = Find (next)
> Shift-Ctrl-F = Find (next) and Replace
> Ctrl-G = Call up Find&Replace dialog (with direction toggles and all)
I strongly agree with that principle, but would suggest:
Ctrl-F = Find (then find next)
Shift-Ctrl-F = Find previous
Ctrl-R = Replace (then replace next)
Shift-Ctrl-R = Replace previous
In any of those, if a search (or replace) string has not been defined,
a dialog should pop up. Note, the replace string should always be zeroed
when a new Find string is selected, otherwise selecting Replace later could
do something unexpected.
> I am however rather unhappy with Ctrl-G as the selection here, since
> Crtl-G = Goto (line, page, whatever)
True. I like Control-G for goto. Another good reason to keep Ctrl-R for
replace.
In <m0qCsU7-0003oRC@gogol.fb10.tu-berlin.de>, chris@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de
wrote:
> > CTRL I - Show Info
>
> In text oriented applications I prefer CTRL-I italic
Hmm, how about suggesting the use of Alt-I, Alt-B, Alt-U, etc for Italic,
Bold, Underline etc. That way, application-specific things like this won't
get in the way of general stuff.
> > In Dialog Boxes
> > ---------------
> > Undo - Cancel, Abort, etc...
>
> Problematic when applications use modeless dialogs. Does Undo mean
> "undo the last thing I did to my document" or "Cancel the dialog"?
Depends on whether the dialog window is currenty topped, I guess. Undo
should always operate on the currently topped window, using whatever
operation is appropriate for that window.
In <199406122018.AA252922313@relay2.geis.com>, dmj@genie.geis.com wrote:
> - Why does CTRL+W mean Close Window? It's not that obvious.
>
> It's a lot more obvious than CTRL-U--at least "w" bears some relation
> to "Window", but "u" doesn't even come close.
>
> The majority of programs I actually _use_ don't have any consistency
> at all. What I spend most of my _time_ in, though, uses CTRL-W.
Ditto. Ctrl-W for close *W*indow, please.
In <m0qD9CL-0001YUC@bitsink.gbdata.com>, khollis@bitsink.gbdata.com wrote:
> Well, dual standards aren't really the way to go.
Fully agree. People sometimes use programs written in different countries
at the same time... In fact, I'd venture to suggest that most of us do. For
example, I will want to use Neodesk 4 with Mag!x and LEF, and would hope
that they (and their support programs) will all be able to use the same keys.
Andre
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