[PATCH] space on prompt bugfix
buc
buc at odusz.so-cdu.ru
Mon Mar 21 14:44:46 UTC 2005
Jindrich Novy wrote:
>>IMHO, patch1 is better way. Else "end user" can decide "the space key is
>>not working" ...
>>
>>
>
>Yes, the spacebar won't be working for leading spaces. However, typing
>the leading spaces in the command prompt IMHO doesn't make too much
>sense to me so maybe after patch2 is applied we may use the spacebar as
>an equivalent of "Ins" for selecting files/dirs as usual in other
>filemanagers when nothing is actually typed in the command prompt.
>
>That is a slight advantage of the second patch so please let me know if
>you like/dislike the idea so that I can do another patch for this or
>simply be happy with the patch1.
>
>
Intuitively, the MC can be perceived as a screen extension to shell
(which became possible due to ncurses/slang lib and Ctr/Fn/Alt/Meta
keyboard features). Therefore, MC`s cmdline should be closer to a shell
command line, rather than a screen application input field.
Currently, we have only one printable character -- Tab -- which
behaves unser MC and a shell differently (and it is reasonable). But
don`t add space to this list!
There are a lot of keyboard buttons, modifier keys etc. to do things
easy -- let MC cmdline be a "true command line".
--
Dmitry Butskoj <dmitry at butskoj.name>
Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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