Message-Id: Comments: Authenticated sender is From: "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" Organization: INTI To: "Dennis Moran" , djgpp AT delorie DOT com Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 16:23:39 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: text selection in RHIDE Hi Dennis Moran and Jonathan Addleman: > > Would it be possible to have the text selection work more like > > most text programs, i.e. after selecting the text, almost ANYTHING > > will deselect it. I assume that some other programs (I know of the > > Borland IDEs) use this method, but I for one am used to the other. > > Does anyone else feel the way I do, or is it just that I haven't grown > > the appreciate the merits of this system? (you'll find out when > > you're older... :) ) > That's my only complaint too, the text selecting is weird. Also, I think > highlighting text and hitting delete should delete it, instead of using > control+delete. When all fails read the manual! :-))))))))))))))))))) OK, I never read the helps, so I'll explain that: 1) "most text programs" aren't source editors. 2) Borland's IDE is almost equal to RHIDE managing normal blocks (not rectangular ones). 3) Let Borland and sarcasms outside. Well the think is that YOU MUST select the NON-PERSITENT BLOCKS option to get the so difunded M$ behaviour of: You select and almost all deselect (and of course almost all deletes the selection and replace it with what you made). I tried to conform to all with the editor options, but please use it!. For example: I hate tabs and I hate this short live blocks behaviour, but other people likes that so is included (just for the record: The options are practically copied from BC++ 3.1). SEt --------------- 0 -------------------------------- Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET). Address: Curapaligue 2124, Caseros, 3 de Febrero Buenos Aires, (1678), ARGENTINA TE: +(541) 759 0013