KATE wants to be Cygwin (was: [Bug 78258] Smart EOL jumping with end-key)
mwoehlke
mwoehlke@tibco.com
Mon Aug 14 15:58:00 GMT 2006
(http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=78258 if you're curious)
Leo Savernik wrote:
> I agree with both of you and can back it with a real-life use-case: Whenever I
> use kate for text editing (i. e. not programming -- yes, sometimes I really
> write plain text! :-) ), I'll sometimes interrupt the flow of writing to fix
> a mistake and then return to the end of line to continue writing.
>
> I. e. (quotes denote limits of line, | the position of the caret)
>
> "done. yet the result still deviates excessively |"
>
> Now I notice the missing capital "Y" and thus press Home and Ctrl+-> twice,
> then correct it, leaving us with
>
> "done. Y|et the result still deviates excessively "
>
> then I press End
>
> "done. Yet the result still deviates excessively| "
>
> and implying common precedence of text editors, i. e. having actually expected
> this:
>
> "done. Yet the result still deviates excessively |"
>
> I immediately continue writing
>
> "done. Yet the result still deviates excessivelyfrom the theoretical optimum.|
> "
>
> See the problem? This has happened to me just today *many times*. To a lesser
> extent, this may also hit you when coding, for example parameter lists:
> " void foo(int a, |"
>
> To use usability newspeak: Kate's current behaviour doesn't obey the principle
> of least surprise.
MSFTEU! :-)
(Sorry, I thought it was funny...)
--
Matthew
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have come here." -- The Cheshire Cat
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