The "x" in the Windows environment is a quick way out, going to the option
of whether or not to prompt on exiting. If a person wants to exit J, why go
to another prompt to make "are you sure?". The point I was trying to make is
that the JHS and JGTK versions should be somewhat consistent.

I choose not to be prompted with the "are you sure?" but I don't think
pressing "esc" should kick in the terminate J sequence. It doesn't is in
browsers. Why should it in JTGK?

On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 4:04 PM, chris burke <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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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