On Sep 28, 2012, at 10:35 PM, Fernando Olivero wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> maybe in Pharo some of these keyboard shortcuts were removed (for
> now), but providing the same operations via pop-up menus doesn't make
> it a modal UI. One could argue that remembering and triggering
> keyboard shortcuts simply avoids showing the menu at all, at the
> expense of a big VI-like learning  curve .
> 
> The community behind Pharo does not want  modes in the UI!

Indeed I do not really understanding are saying that :)

> Of course for power users, remembering tons of shortcuts might be
> better (not for me though), but there are plans to add default and
> customizable keybindings ( using the work of Guille Polito).

people are talking often but do not know :)
We can control nautilus with a lot of shortcut driven by speedy and really 
efficient 
programmers like camillo and guillermo so it would be good to check before 
talking.

Stef

> 
> Fernando
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 9:40 PM, Chris Muller <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> yes, exactly like this: http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/900
>>> 
>>> Bert Freudenberg added the following:
>>> 
>>> Tip: You do not have to perform a "find" for the "replace" to work.
>>> Just select a word you want to have replaced, overtype it with your
>>> new word, and hit (ctrl-j). Very handy for renaming variables.
>>> 
>>> This would be perfect.
>> 
>> You should not expect that -- Pharo used to have it but it was removed
>> in favor of a more mainstream editor look-and-feel -- so that it be
>> would more attractive to new users.  Command+J / Control+J are just
>> two of several powerful code-editing capabilities Pharo originally
>> inherited from Squeak, along with my other favorites Command+E =
>> Exchange the last two selections and Command+[, (, {, or | = Surround
>> the highlighted text with that bracket-type pair.  (not sure if those
>> are still there in Pharo).
>> 
>> Pharo favors _familiarity_ for new users somewhat at the cost of
>> productivity for its experienced users.  It somewhat resembles eclipse
>> -- with pop-up dialogs and a seemingly "modal" philosophy.  Squeak, by
>> constrast, has kept pushing the "simple-but-powerful" philosphy of its
>> IDE to near extremes.  While it's less familiar for new uesrs, once
>> learned, general navigation and editing require _far fewer_ gestures.
>> 
> 


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