There is a ConfirmClose config for this in gtkide config. Default is
off. Should it be on, or is the default not important?

On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 11:43 PM, Don Guinn <[email protected]> wrote:
> To provide more compatibility between the two environments, JGTK should not
> exit on pressing ESC. In JGTK CTRL+a selects all the text. Why not have it
> be lab advance? More like in JHS which uses ESC-a for lab advance. In
> addition CTRL+a could be lab advance in JGTK instead of selecting all.
>
> It seems to me that it is more important that JGTK and JHS conform closer to
> each other than to the conventions of GTK and browsers. If I use JHS and get
> used to pressing ESC to do functions I could get in real trouble trying to
> use JGTK.
>
> On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 9:40 PM, Tikkanz <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I agree managing keybindings across browsers and across OS's is hard -
>> however my main suggestions below just involve altering the letters
>> used in combination with Esc, not changing the basic key combinations.
>>
>> My mentioning Ctrl+ use in Gmail was intended just as a heads up that
>> this might be worth investigating sometime in the future ... J702?
>> ;-).
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 4:34 PM, bill lam <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > My knowledge with jhs is almost empty, but I imagine jhs has already
>> gotten
>> > a hard time to keep keybindings work across different browsers. JGTK is
>> > fortunate here.
>> >
>> > Пнд, 07 Фев 2011, Ric Tikkanz писал(а):
>> >> I agree that making keyboard mappings user-configurable is sensible.
>> >> However IMO, the default (Out-of-the-Box) configuration should as
>> >> similar as possible between the various IDEs.
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 4:15 PM, bill lam <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> > Ideally keybinding should be user configurable because it is a matter
>> of
>> >> > personal preference, eg. a certain key chord can be awkward to reach
>> in
>> >> > some keyboard mappings.
>> >> >
>> >> > J701 is now a stable release albeit being crude, so that Jbeta forum
>> can
>> >> > now take a break.
>> >> >
>> >> > Пнд, 07 Фев 2011, Ric Tikkanz писал(а):
>> >> >> I discovered that the Ctrl+j shortcut (same as J602) works to advance
>> >> >> from topic to topic but this probably needs to be made more
>> >> >> discoverable (Help|Studio|Advance ?).
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Ideally the default JHS and Gtk IDE shortcuts for advancing in a lab
>> >> >> (and other common things) should use the same letter - currently JHS
>> >> >> is (Esc,a) while Gtk IDE is (Ctrl+j).
>> >> >> JHS already uses (Esc,j) to switch to the jijx window, and Gtk IDE
>> >> >> already uses (Ctrl+a) as "select all" - a fairly widely-used standard
>> >> >> (browsers, editors).
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Currently:
>> >> >>                         JHS       Gtk
>> >> >> Switch to jijx/Term      j         T
>> >> >> Switch to jijs/Edit      J         M
>> >> >> Advance lab topic        a         j
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Proposed:
>> >> >>                         JHS       Gtk
>> >> >> Switch to jijx/Term      j         j
>> >> >> Switch to jijs/Edit      J         J
>> >> >> Advance lab topic        t         t
>> >> >>
>> >> >> BTW, as I write this in my browser using Google mail, I notice that
>> >> >> they have successfully managed to use the standard Ctrl+ shortcuts
>> >> >> that we are used to in desktop apps  (i.e. Ctrl+s saves my draft,
>> >> >> Ctrl+B for bold etc.). It may therefore be possible to emulate what
>> >> >> they've done in JHS at some stage?
>> >> >>
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