>I typically am used to the windows world where escape is "close window".

Not really exact. Escape closes *dialogs*, no windows.
IDEA unselects text like MS Visual Studio does and this is a very cool 
feature indeed.

Tom


At 10:47 03.04.02 -0500, you wrote:
>I typically am used to the windows world where escape is "close window".
>
>I am also a vi user (so I periodically hit escape out of habit).
>
>The basic point is that escape is a commonly used key for other 
>applications.  It should be
>used in functions that are common.  Commenting out code is not a commonly 
>used function
>(as opposed to something like find-usages, or goto declaration, or compile).
>
>Mike
>
>
>On 3 Apr 2002 at 8:58, Pady Srinivasan wrote:
>
> > That is interesting. When Kawa users were asked of what their favorite
> > features was, "Escape" comment/uncomment was high on the list. It is
> > just what you get used to - creatures of habit. :-)
> >
> > - pady
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > Subject: Re: [Eap-features] Feature request...
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> >
> > By the way, I can't stand the escape comment/uncomment feature in
> > kawa.  Escape is a commonly used key, but commenting out code isn't.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> > On 2 Apr 2002 at 10:52, Erik Beeson wrote:
> >
> > > > 1. Highlight a line/block and hitting "Escape" key, comments the
> > > line/block. Hitting "Escape" on a commented line/block will remove
> > > the comments.
> > >
> > > Try CTRL-/ for single line comments and STRL-SHIFT-/ for multiline
> > > comments.
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