On Wednesday, 18 August 2004, at 10:56:46 (+0200), Alan Schmitt wrote: > Please flame me if this already exists, or if this is completely crazy.
No, neither. > I'm doing quite a bit of text selection, from Eterms running mutt, > or plain command line output, and I dislike having to use the mouse > for this. I would really like to have a way to select some text > using only the keyboard. > > I see this as a mode change: hit some key combination to enter > "select" mode, move around using the arrow keys (or better the hkjl > keys), start a selection using some key, move around, and stop > selecting (and get out of select mode at the same time) using > another key. > > A nice thing would be to have line or block selections (as in "v", > "shift-v", and "ctrl-v" in vim). I'm hesitant to add general-use keyboard features. It's important to not obstruct terminal applications' use of key sequences. Michael -- Michael Jennings (a.k.a. KainX) http://www.kainx.org/ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> n + 1, Inc., http://www.nplus1.net/ Author, Eterm (www.eterm.org) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "The breakup was mutual, but it was more mutual on my part." -- Beth O'Hara ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
