You don't have to be old like Yarko and me to remember ^S ^Q. Just open a DOS window and do a dir /s from the c: drive. Then trip down memory lane as you exercise your left hand's 3rd, 4th and 5th fingers.
On Oct 9, 10:33 pm, Yarko Tymciurak <yark...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 9:01 PM, Iceberg <iceb...@21cn.com> wrote: > > > You are right, Yarko. And perhaps that is exactly why we can not > > expect much from those editors-inside-a-browser-window. Let it be. :-) > > .... hehehe.... yes, and I have some ancient, reptilian memory of CTRL-S > being used to "stop" output at the terminal (and I think it used to send a > NACK down the 300 baud lines; back in those days - which were SO much nicer > than punched cards and printouts - at 300 baud, or about 30 characters per > second .... yes, 2-3 seconds per LINE of output on your terminal!!! .... > you simply did NOT need paging programs much, and interactive editors had to > be EXTREMELY efficient in output, or no one would use them! > > Ah,,, Good old CTRL-S / CTRL-Q .... for STOP and RERUME output; > _those were the days! > > NOT! :-) > > > > > On Oct10, 2:55am, Yarko Tymciurak <yark...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > CTRL-S is too old, and too widely used; it's "save" from probably every > > > browser in every environment in existence.... > > > > In ASCII, it is "Device Control 3", and has been used for terminal > > control > > > since the beginnings of the use of terminals. > > > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 3:52 AM, Iceberg <iceb...@21cn.com> wrote: > > > > > Do you mean that the ctrl+s is already implemented in current web2py > > > > latest trunk? > > > > > But I tried in IE7, ctrl+s doesn't invoke any action. And I tried in > > > > Chrome3, ctrl+s just invoke the browser's built-in "save current page > > > > to local harddisk" feature. > > > > > Well, not a big deal. I am just curious to know whether ctrl+s works > > > > in other user's environment. If it does not work, I won't mind because > > > > it is not really my first choice to edit my app. :-) > > > > > On Oct7, 10:10pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > > > > > Please check again it should be there > > > > > > On Oct 7, 4:26 am, Iceberg <iceb...@21cn.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Looks like the problem is already addressed 3 weeks ago. But I did > > not > > > > > > find a file named keyboard.js in our web2py admin. > > > > >http://sourceforge.net/projects/editarea/forums/forum/556921/topic/33. > > .. > > > > > > > On Oct7, 11:24am, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > > > > > > > > Can you send me a patch? > > > > > > > > On Oct 6, 7:30 am, Kuba Kucharski <kuba.kuchar...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Still the main problem with admin editor is this > > > > > > > > wrong-refreshing/wrong-displaying trauma - never solved or did > > I > > > > miss smth ? > > > > > > > > > On Oct 5, 2009 3:47 AM, "Iceberg" <iceb...@21cn.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Did not really try the admin editor until recently. Nice as a > > handy > > > > > > > > tool for some quick typing, the only inconvenience is the lack > > of > > > > ctrl > > > > > > > > +s shortcut to save a file. Is it possible to add this feature? > > > > Since > > > > > > > > I notice the ctrl+f etc can work. > > > > > > > > > BTW, the word_wrap.gif icon is missing in the toolbar. > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > Iceberg- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
