On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 10:14 AM, Reinhard Engel < [email protected]> wrote:
> 2. <alt-x> ? must not be *just* an Easter Egg: newbies don't know about >> Easter Eggs! Presumably this means a new help-related command. >> >> Newbies not only don't know about Easter Eggs, they might even not know > the term 'Easter Egg'. Easter Eggs, hidden commands and the like violate > the GUI principle of 'Least Surprise'. > Easter Eggs may be fine for experts. But as you say, we can't rely on them to help newbies. That's what I was saying. > > >> Some invention will be required: <alt-x> ? is great because it uses the >> minibuffer effectively. >> > > Does it? On my German keyboard it just does nothing. No hint, no > 'Completion' tab, nada! > <alt-x> ? is merely an idea we have discussed recently. It doesn't exist yet. > Alas, newbies might have trouble with typing completion. >> > > Typing completion should 'just' work as soon as the first letter is > entered > A good idea. I'm not sure why it doesn't work that way at present. > BTW: The GUI distance between the Commandbox and the 'Completion' tab is > far too big; it requires too much eye movement (= loss of focus). > You can reduce the distance by using the Qt completer, but I prefer the present way. Usually, I ignore the Completion tab. EKR -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
