Leap keys in code editor

Darius squeakuser at inglang.com
Fri Jun 17 00:59:18 UTC 2005


I've thought for a while that Left-Ctl-Spacebar and Right-Ctl-Spacebar might
make good backward/forward leap key combos. You might need to use 3 key
QuasiModes, else, double/triple tapping the shift key to start a QuasiMode
might work for the User Front key, Copy ket, Lock key, etc.

However, one still doesn't get the advantage of searching
all-open-morphs-in-project, all-text-windows,... whatever, that motivated Jef
Raskin to represent
the entire user-space as a single, more linear space.

Jon Udell had an interesting blog on the advantages of an open/sharable
user-space/desk-space:
http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/2005/06/15.html#a1251

Cheers,
Darius


>> Hi all,
>>
>> Is it possible to implement Jef Raskins idea of "leap" keys in the
>> code editor?
>I can't imagine it being very difficult with the proviso that you would have
>to decide upon suitable metakey usage. Right now Squeak uses all that most
>platforms can offer so to make use of Jef's ideas would probably mean
>replacing the current metakey setup rather than just adding to it.




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