Hi,
As much as I love to keyboard shortcuts, coming from an avid QuickSilver user, I will love to have a floating windows sometimes for less-used macros and commands. Navigating through three levels of menus really bores me. I really don't want to assign yet another arcane keyboard command either.
Is a language specific floating palette (like a tear-off menu from Automation) a sound idea?
Ivan
On Aug 6, 2005, at 7:26 PM, Ivan wrote:
Navigating through three levels of menus really bores me. I really don't want to assign yet another arcane keyboard command either.
Is a language specific floating palette (like a tear-off menu from Automation) a sound idea?
hmmm... interesting idea... how about a configurable textmate widget for all those useful commands that one doesn't use often enough to justify (yet another) keyboard short cut but too often to dig through three menu-levels?
the compromise would add up to pressing f12 and then clicking... sound like a reasonable trade-off?
any other thoughts on this?
best regards,
tom
-- Tom Lazar http://tomster.org
On 8/6/05, Tom Lazar tom@tomster.org wrote:
On Aug 6, 2005, at 7:26 PM, Ivan wrote:
Navigating through three levels of menus really bores me. I really don't want to assign yet another arcane keyboard command either.
Is a language specific floating palette (like a tear-off menu from Automation) a sound idea?
hmmm... interesting idea... how about a configurable textmate widget for all those useful commands that one doesn't use often enough to justify (yet another) keyboard short cut but too often to dig through three menu-levels?
the compromise would add up to pressing f12 and then clicking... sound like a reasonable trade-off?
any other thoughts on this?
I think it would be cool if it was similar to the clipboard history, pop up the last n commands/ snipits/ macros
Sam D
On Aug 7, 2005, at 3:42 AM, Samuel DeVore wrote:
I think it would be cool if it was similar to the clipboard history, pop up the last n commands/ snipits/ macros
true. still slick, but less eyecandy plus the application doesn't lose focus.
but otoh we've already got something like this: just assign the same shortcut to multiple commands (i.e. ctrl-shift-a) and you get a contextual menu (which, btw. also listens to cursor-keys and jumps to the first entry on typing a letter, i.e. to commit a file you press ctrl-shift-a, then 's', then 'return')
so the idea for these 'popups' would be, that they're easier to configure, i.e. dragging a few commands inside the bundle editor onto a palette instead of changing n keyboard shortcuts.
perhaps the bundle editor could get a little 'landing zone' where you drag commands to in order to add them to the shelf (as well as a 'edit...' button to rearrange end edit the shelf)
i think we're getting somewhere here...
best regards,
tom
-- Tom Lazar http://tomster.org
On 8/7/05, Tom Lazar tom@tomster.org wrote:
On Aug 7, 2005, at 3:42 AM, Samuel DeVore wrote:
I think it would be cool if it was similar to the clipboard history, pop up the last n commands/ snipits/ macros
true. still slick, but less eyecandy plus the application doesn't lose focus.
but otoh we've already got something like this: just assign the same shortcut to multiple commands (i.e. ctrl-shift-a) and you get a contextual menu (which, btw. also listens to cursor-keys and jumps to the first entry on typing a letter, i.e. to commit a file you press ctrl-shift-a, then 's', then 'return')
How is it that every time I use this application I learn something new, and yet I still didn't know this! Now I get why some commands have the same keystroke <smack>forehead forehead</smack>
so the idea for these 'popups' would be, that they're easier to
configure, i.e. dragging a few commands inside the bundle editor onto a palette instead of changing n keyboard shortcuts.
perhaps the bundle editor could get a little 'landing zone' where you drag commands to in order to add them to the shelf (as well as a 'edit...' button to rearrange end edit the shelf)
Or even one that shows all the commands with a given keyshort cut that you can add and subtrack keystrokes from
i think we're getting somewhere here...
Ditto
On 8/7/05, Samuel DeVore sdevore@gmail.com wrote:
How is it that every time I use this application I learn something new, and yet I still didn't know this! Now I get why some commands have the same keystroke <smack>forehead forehead</smack>
I am sorry I still did not get why some commands have the same keystroke. Is that how you group certain commands together? So, if you press that keystroke, all the commands with the same keystroke assignment will show up in the popup or contexual menu?
On 07/08/2005, at 22.15, Ivan wrote:
I am sorry I still did not get why some commands have the same keystroke. Is that how you group certain commands together? So, if you press that keystroke, all the commands with the same keystroke assignment will show up in the popup or contexual menu?
Yes.
-- Sune.
On 8/6/05, Tom Lazar tom@tomster.org wrote:
On Aug 6, 2005, at 7:26 PM, Ivan wrote:
Navigating through three levels of menus really bores me. I really don't want to assign yet another arcane keyboard command either.
Is a language specific floating palette (like a tear-off menu from Automation) a sound idea?
hmmm... interesting idea... how about a configurable textmate widget for all those useful commands that one doesn't use often enough to justify (yet another) keyboard short cut but too often to dig through three menu-levels?
the compromise would add up to pressing f12 and then clicking... sound like a reasonable trade-off?
I think widgets are for system-wide applications. I, however, won't mind call up the palette by press something like command-F12.
On 06/08/2005, at 19.26, Ivan wrote:
Is a language specific floating palette (like a tear-off menu from Automation) a sound idea?
Yes, it's something which comes up (as a request) from time to time. I even think I gave an ETA on it (in the form of a version number), but I've luckily forgotten which ;)
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