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From: "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT edu DOT ar>
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To: Kevin Dickerson <kevind AT phs DOT mat-su DOT k12 DOT ak DOT us>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 1997 15:17:16 +0000
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Subject: Re: rhide bug... er... FEATURE!
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Kevin Dickerson <kevind AT phs DOT mat-su DOT k12 DOT ak DOT us> wrote:

> > Except under Windows.  Windows uses Ctrl-C to copy text, Ctrl-X to cut 
> > text, and Ctrl-V to paste text.  This was an imitation of the Apple's 
> > keywords which uses Alt-C, Alt, X, and Alt-V instead.   So if a 
> > windows programmer should decide to use RHide...  :)  (Even the new 
> > DOS edit uses these key mappings for the same functions as well).  One 
> > thing to keep in mind is that TC++ came out before Windows95, so it's 
> > up to you to decide whether to keep RHide strictly a clone (ahem) of 
> > Turbo C++ or improve on it  :)  Trust microsoft to stick to 
> > non-standard standards....
> 
> Actually, I myself prefer the venerable Edit over every single editor
> I've ever used. It takes a millisecond to load, has multiple cut, paste
> (etc.) key commands (i.e. CTRL-C & SHIFT-DELETE both cut a block) and
> you can open multiple files & switch windows very easily. IMHO, Robert,
> you should ponder including user-defined keys, or a key config file, or
> something, that way us stubborn people would find it much easier to
> adapt to it's strange and alien ways. :-)
At first the editor's author is me SET and not Robert ;-)
Read the docs, look for the files keybind.* for keyboard customization.
 
> BTW, There is no way I'm trashing RHIDE, IMHO it has no equal in just
> about any aspect. Except Edit. I absolutely love 80x25 mode! Yay! :-)
> 
> > Another windows/DOS thing I'm used to is when I mark a block of text, 
> > I'm used to hitting delete to delete the block of text.  Under TC++ 
> > and therefore RHide, it doesn't delete the block of text, but rather 
> > whatever character is after the block.  I've always wondered why TC++ 
> > did it this way (ie what's the advantage of not deleting the block but 
> > the char after the block instead?)  Maybe it would be nice to add an 
> > environment option that you can toggle using delete or backspace to 
> > delete a marked block of text...
To the first user: Just switch to non persistent blocks mode. This mode exists 
in TC++ too ;-).
> 
> Actualy, that is a good suggestion. I've found that whenever I use
> RHDIE, I accidentally delete half my code from using the delete key in
> the wrong way. :-)
You have too modes the persistent block mode is less dangerous (the default). 
Anyways the purpose of UNDO is just cure these problems.

SET

 
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