On Mon, 2007-06-11 at 23:27 -0700, Stewart Stremler wrote: > begin quoting Paul G. Allen as of Mon, Jun 11, 2007 at 05:11:28PM -0700: > [snip] > > And in the various IDEs I use, I can select the "Find" menu item, select > > the function I want (replace vs. find vs. replace all) and send it > > running. No need to remember anything. I can just get the job done. > > Sure, there's lots to remember. > > Where the hell is the mouse? Now, where is the damn pointer? And > now let's troll through the menus looking for the (S)earch, dammit, > no (S)earch. Maybe (L)ocate? Nope. Perhaps (F)ind? Let's look in the > (F)ile menu, as I want to FIND things in this file. No joy. Maybe > the (V)iew menu, as I want to VIEW a selection of things. No joy. > Perhaps (W)indow, as I want to bring up the FIND WINDOW? Still hates > me. Okay, let's walk the menu tree.... what is it doing there under > (E)dit? That's dumb.
Find is Ctrl+F. Tab switches between items in the dialog. Space selects/toggles an item (radio buttons, checkboxes), Enter is a button click (Cancel, OK). Not real hard and no mouse required. Also, the hotkeys are configurable in many of the better IDEs. PGA -- Paul G. Allen BSIT/SE Owner/Sr. Engineer Random Logic Consulting www.randomlogic.com -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
