--- On Fri, 6/10/11, Hans-Christoph Steiner <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Hans-Christoph Steiner <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [PD-dev] control backspace inside tk entry > To: "Jonathan Wilkes" <[email protected]> > Cc: "pd-dev" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, June 10, 2011, 6:03 PM > > On Jun 10, 2011, at 2:03 AM, Jonathan Wilkes wrote: > > > > > > > --- On Fri, 6/10/11, Hans-Christoph Steiner <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> From: Hans-Christoph Steiner <[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: [PD-dev] control backspace inside tk > entry > >> To: "Jonathan Wilkes" <[email protected]> > >> Cc: "pd-dev" <[email protected]> > >> Date: Friday, June 10, 2011, 6:07 AM > >> > >> Looking forward to an update on your search > plugin, its > >> already really good. > >> > >> I think that the Tk text widget has all of this > stuff built > >> into it. Then you just need to lock it down > a bit to > >> act like a Tk entry. > > > > From http://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl8.5/TkCmd/text.htm (under > "Bindings"): > > > > "[29] > > Meta-backspace and Meta-Delete delete the > word to the left of the insertion cursor." > > > > Unfortunately I don't seem to have a "Meta" key > anywhere on my keyboard. > > Tried <ctrl>-delete, <alt>-delete, > <fn>-delete, <Super>-delete, finally > > tried <ctrl>-<alt>-delete then logged in > again. (Oops.) > > > > I'm already using a combobox instead of an entry > widget (to get a > > drop-down history), and I have a feeling it would be a > royal pain to > > get the text widget to act like a combobox. > > > > What's worse is that these default bindings don't seem > to exist for > > entry. Evidently no one who uses tk needs to > delete whole words unless > > there are multiple lines... > > > > The other thing to check is whether the ttk entry supports > those bindings. ttk is included in Tcl/Tk 8.5. > The puredata 0.43 Debian/Ubuntu/Mint package uses 8.5, and > Pd-extended uses 8.5. It's not listed as a default binding. Is using <ctrl>-<delete> to clear the word to the left of the insertion point a relatively new standard or something? > > .hc > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all > others of exclusive property, it is the action of the > thinking power called an idea, which an individual may > exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to himself; but > the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the > possession of everyone, and the receiver cannot dispossess > himself of it. - > Thomas Jefferson > > > _______________________________________________ Pd-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-dev
