From: JD Smith <jdsmith@as.arizona.edu>
Cc: rms@gnu.org, simon.marshall@misys.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: comint read-only prompt
Date: 20 Aug 2002 18:32:21 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1029893541.20786.299.camel@turtle.as.arizona.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020820172357.237803.FMU965@piglet.prv.splode.com>
On Tue, 2002-08-20 at 17:23, Noah Friedman wrote:
> I fail to understand why you want to mess with read-only properties in
> comint buffers at all, especially with regard to the prompt.
>
There are two types of people in the world: ones who use C-a C-k when
they change their mind at a prompt, and ones who wail on the Delete
key. I'm usually one of the former, and did in fact bind C-a to
comint-bol. However, I've had many users complain that they can delete
right over the prompt and into the previous line, when they delete with
abandon. For small (few character) deletes, I'd probably prefer the
delete-with-abandon method myself, but I've trained myself not to use
it. Anyway, it's a small but noticeable usability deficiency on the
command line compared to a traditional terminal.
JD
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-08-21 1:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-08-19 8:24 comint read-only prompt Marshall, Simon
2002-08-19 10:59 ` Miles Bader
2002-08-19 15:40 ` Stefan Monnier
2002-08-19 15:57 ` JD Smith
2002-08-19 23:45 ` Miles Bader
2002-08-20 16:14 ` Stefan Monnier
2002-08-21 0:12 ` Richard Stallman
2002-08-21 15:06 ` Stefan Monnier
2002-08-21 0:11 ` Richard Stallman
2002-08-20 17:21 ` Richard Stallman
2002-08-20 18:03 ` JD Smith
2002-08-20 21:17 ` Miles Bader
2002-08-20 22:01 ` JD Smith
2002-08-21 0:18 ` Miles Bader
2002-08-21 1:24 ` JD Smith
2002-08-21 1:36 ` Miles Bader
2002-08-21 15:28 ` Stefan Monnier
2002-08-20 18:36 ` Luc Teirlinck
2002-08-20 21:12 ` Miles Bader
2002-08-20 23:23 ` Kim F. Storm
2002-08-21 11:05 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-08-22 1:57 ` Richard Stallman
2002-08-22 2:21 ` JD Smith
2002-08-22 2:35 ` Miles Bader
2002-08-24 2:33 ` Richard Stallman
2002-08-19 23:41 ` Miles Bader
2002-08-19 20:46 ` Richard Stallman
2002-08-21 0:23 ` Noah Friedman
2002-08-21 0:23 ` Noah Friedman
2002-08-21 1:21 ` Miles Bader
2002-08-21 1:38 ` Miles Bader
2002-08-21 1:32 ` JD Smith [this message]
2002-08-21 15:23 ` Stefan Monnier
2002-08-22 1:21 ` Miles Bader
2002-08-22 7:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2002-08-24 2:32 ` Richard Stallman
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