On Fri, Sep 01, 2006 at 05:06:59PM +0200, Axel Liljencrantz wrote:
> I think a lot of the little in fish are like that - they're very
> useful, but you don't notice them, because they're not 'showy'. They
> simply take a way an annoyance. :-)

yup, though sometimes they are so well hidden that you believe the
annoyance is still there by assumption.

> I'm sure there are lots of situations where what you really need is a
> simply overview of possible completions. The thing is, it's kind of
> hard for the pager to know when this would make sense and when it
> wouldn't.

maybe with a different key (ctrl-tab if that works) that runs a function
which starts the pager with a different commandline option.
or inside the pager a key to switch modes (i am just brainstorming)

> Few people know how primitive the terminal interface really is.

i knew it was promitive, but reading those details is nice, thanks.

> Shortcuts using the Alt key are usually handled by prepending the
> regular character with an escape character.

ah, those work...

> > would not help. most window managers use alt for themselves.
> > any alt-key combo does not work in my terminal.
> Bummer. I'm open to suggestions.

well, esc-space might be usable (maybe even better than alt because
there is a larger distance and i don't have to deform my hand to have
the thumb on space and a finger on alt.

> > if you could shorten the pager by one line so that the commandline is
> > always visible then going on typing would feel more natural
> That should be possible. I'll test it and see how it works.

thanks.

greetings, martin.
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