Re: Simple Text Editor with Synatx highlighting?
Steve Lamb wrote:
>
> Wednesday, May 24, 2000, 1:27:53 PM, Keith wrote:
> >> One downside of vim that I just remembered, be careful the need for
> >> slamming the ESC key. Windows likes to think it means "shut this window NOW!"
> >> and if you have the confirmation turned off you lose messages in your Windows
> >> email client. Normally I don't wack the ESC key unless I am doing code. See
> >> above. ;)
> >>
> > ?? Must be program-dependent. Haven't had Windows do this. Typically,
> > I'm using vim within a Windows telnet client.
>
> Telnet clients are exceptions, really. Pretty much everything /except/
> ALT keys (and even then...) are passed through unmolested. However the
> defailt behavior of esc on base windows productivity apps is close the window.
> Try it on others. :)
>
Interesting. Not true with anything Netscape, not true with Microsoft
Word or IE. However, it is true with the new message window in Outlook.
Traditionally escape is a shortcut for cancelling a dialog box (or a
menu). I really think the Outlook window thing violates Microsoft's own
standards, since the window is not a modal dialog returning a status
back to the main window code (i.e., you can still do stuff in the main
Outlook window independently). But look how it has a 'save and close'
button. Is this thing a dialog or not?! There actually were strict,
documented interface standards that were pretty much followed, back in
the Win 3.1 days. :-/
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