I agree with this too. If a newcomer loses his session accidentally by hitting Esc instead of F1, there is a big chance he will go away at the next hurdle. And the probability of that next hurdle is 100%! A recent newcomer lost his session and wrote about it (xprogramming.com); real bad publicity for J.
~ Gilles ---------- Original Message ----------- From: Brian Schott <[email protected]> To: General forum <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 18:48:45 -0500 Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] Keyboard shortcuts > I think I agree totally with Ric. To clarify this, I find it terrible > when in JGTK the Esc key loses all my steps in jijx, because I do not > always work with an ijs page. So it is not enough for me for an Esc > to only look for unsaved ijs pages; an Esc needs to check for a nonempty > ijx, also. On the other hand, I am happy for the Esc key to dismiss > separate plot or grid windows, for example. > > On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 2:37 PM, Tikkanz <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes, before we make a decision it would be useful to know if there is > > anyone who likes Esc to close the session (with or without confirm). > > > > Personally I like it for dismissing dialogs (e.g. File|Open, Find in > > Files etc) but don't think it should close an application. > > > > IOW, if noone feels strongly that the option to close the J Gtk IDE > > using Esc is needed, then EscClose isn't needed. If there are > > supporters then I'd support the EscClose (default 0) proposal. > > > > I note that when I'm working on a problem I can have significant > > amounts of work stored in the Term session that aren't captured by > > making sure that scripts are saved. > > > > -- > (B=)... ------- End of Original Message ------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
