I do like the indented paste feature but find that it's one of the features that I'm constantly turning on and off, depending on what I'm working on. It would be nice if this feature were moved out of the preferences and back into the Text menu where's it more readily accessible.
Thanks!
Chris
On 03-12-2004 02:22, Chris Messina wrote:
I do like the indented paste feature but find that it's one of the features that I'm constantly turning on and off, depending on what I'm working on. It would be nice if this feature were moved out of the preferences and back into the Text menu where's it more readily accessible.
On that note I would request that tab size setting be moved to the preference window. I don't know about you guys, but I almost never change that setting... So having that setting in the menu (even with key shortcuts!) is a bit overkill for me.
Jeroen.
Jeroen van der Ham wrote:
On 03-12-2004 02:22, Chris Messina wrote:
I do like the indented paste feature but find that it's one of the features that I'm constantly turning on and off, depending on what I'm working on. It would be nice if this feature were moved out of the preferences and back into the Text menu where's it more readily accessible.
On that note I would request that tab size setting be moved to the preference window. I don't know about you guys, but I almost never change that setting... So having that setting in the menu (even with key shortcuts!) is a bit overkill for me.
Agreeing, plus it would free up some shortcuts :-)
/MS
Handling emacs buffer variables would be nice: i.e. putting -*- tab-size: 42 -*- in a comment at the beginning or end of the file to override the default size from the preferences. In emacs these variables can specify the file encoding or the hilighting mode too, and it's quite handy.
-- D
hi.
i also woudl like to see this back anywhere in the menu, i often switch between tab-emulation and not tab-emulation (makefiles need tabs, but i dont like programming with tabs) so i would like to see a comeback of the whole behavior menu.
-- Torsten Becker
Torsten Becker wrote:
i also woudl like to see this back anywhere in the menu, i often switch between tab-emulation and not tab-emulation (makefiles need tabs, but i dont like programming with tabs) so i would like to see a comeback of the whole behavior menu.
Just a wild random thought.. Wouldn't it be absolutely *neat* if we could put together our own menus, if needed using XML/plist/something, and the keybinding strings.. Allan?
/MS
Wouldn't it be absolutely *neat* if we could put together our own menus,
I'm not sure: too much customization kills customization :) see emacs, ms word's toolbars... However, language modes could change such defaults and set some commands (eg. group 'build C file' 'build Java class' 'pdfLaTeX this file' and such as a single 'Build this file as the mode says to', with only one keybinding)
-- D
On 03-déc.-04, at 15:52, Damien Pollet wrote:
Wouldn't it be absolutely *neat* if we could put together our own menus,
I'm not sure: too much customization kills customization :) see emacs, ms word's toolbars... However, language modes could change such defaults and set some commands (eg. group 'build C file' 'build Java class' 'pdfLaTeX this file' and such as a single 'Build this file as the mode says to', with only one keybinding)
-- D
I fully agree. It would be excellent if some settings were bound to languages. Like Tab mode and size, sofr wrap, snippets, macros,commands, etc.
-- Fred
On Dec 3, 2004, at 11:55, Jeroen van der Ham wrote:
I do like the indented paste feature but find that it's one of the features that I'm constantly turning on and off, depending on what I'm working on. It would be nice if this feature were moved out of the preferences and back into the Text menu where's it more readily accessible.
Initially that was the reason behind having the behavior menu with shortcuts, but I guess I was mislead by the vocal minority -- I'm also getting requests for reinstating some of the view menu stuff...
But a valid concern raised with the menu shortcuts is that the bar is apparently overflowing on small displays. Does anyone have an idea of how many pixels I can reasonable expect to use for my menu bar?
On that note I would request that tab size setting be moved to the preference window. I don't know about you guys, but I almost never change that setting... So having that setting in the menu (even with key shortcuts!) is a bit overkill for me.
I do -- when I receive alien sources I need to figure out which tab size they used, it's almost always 4 or 8, and I use 3 myself. so having the shortcuts is nice.
On Dec 3, 2004, at 14:56, M Spreij wrote:
Just a wild random thought.. Wouldn't it be absolutely *neat* if we could put together our own menus, if needed using XML/plist/something, and the keybinding strings.. Allan?
Well, I would like to add an AppleScript hook to change settings so that this could be done simply by commands, and I'd also like an in-app key bindings editor.
But fully customizable menus is probably something very few would use and a problem for me to maintain when I update the "default" menus (currently the same problem as when I update the default key bindings).
But perhaps there could be extra fully customizable menus. A little like the (previous) Command menu.
But a valid concern raised with the menu shortcuts is that the bar is apparently overflowing on small displays. Does anyone have an idea of how many pixels I can reasonable expect to use for my menu bar?
hi, i just have a 12" ibook at 1024x768 imo you could use 700 pixels, 730 would be the maximum, after this it gets to big. if you want to see a small menubar: http://members.lycos.co.uk/staff/ibook_menubar.png
i think nobody runs os-x on less than 1024x768 so this should be the minimum you can work with. :)
On 4. Dez 2004, at 02:33, Torsten Becker wrote:
But a valid concern raised with the menu shortcuts is that the bar is apparently overflowing on small displays. Does anyone have an idea of how many pixels I can reasonable expect to use for my menu bar?
hi, i just have a 12" ibook at 1024x768 imo you could use 700 pixels, 730 would be the maximum, after this it gets to big. if you want to see a small menubar: http://members.lycos.co.uk/staff/ibook_menubar.png
i think nobody runs os-x on less than 1024x768 so this should be the minimum you can work with. :)
Mac OS X officially supports 800x600 as a minimum resolution. The original toilet-seat iBook models have a maximum internal display resolution of 800x600. I would encourage you to support this Mac model.
It is acceptable to design a menubar so wide that the MenuExtras (clock, battery meter, etc.) disappear, so that gives you some room.
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