[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #7674: Add backward-kill-word to BTextView
- From: "GeneralMaximus" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:30:54 -0000
#7674: Add backward-kill-word to BTextView
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Reporter: GeneralMaximus | Owner: axeld
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: R1
Component: Kits/Interface Kit | Version:
Resolution: | Keywords:
Blocked By: | Blocking:
Has a Patch: 1 | Platform: All
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Comment (by GeneralMaximus):
I'd rather have Option+Backspace instead of Ctrl+Backspace. Here's why:
AFAIK, currently you can't send Meta to the Haiku terminal. If we set
Option as the Meta key in Terminal, we can use all the awesome readline
shortcuts mapped to Meta (see: http://www.bigsmoke.us/readline/shortcuts).
We can then add some of the same readline shortcuts to BTextView and get
limited readline-style editing in all GUI apps. If you spend a lot of time
in readline-powered tools, this saves you a context switch when you
Ctrl+Tab to Vision or WebPositive. Mac OS X already does this with all
Cocoa text controls.
Since this is something I'd really like to see, I'm willing to send in
more patches. Only if this is desirable, of course.
That said, the Ctrl+Bkspc => Del mapping in the US keymap is not very
useful. Most US keyboards have the Del key either physically, or at least
through the Fn key.
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Ticket URL: <http://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/7674#comment:4>
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