Hi!
Relying on timeout seems like bad idea to me.
Its against UI guidelines (they say things should
not depend on timing, except in games).
That makes sense in general. That's why these timeout based
features should be optional.
Being optional is not excuse for breaking guidelines.
* Pavel Machek [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Wed, 25 Dec 2002]:
Timeout breaks randomly on overloaded systems
and slow networks. Bad idea.
I agree that the slow network argument is good.
What about non-number key ending move-by-number
mode? No timeouts neccessary.
Good idea. I'll try to implement
* Adam Byrtek 'alpha' [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Sun, 22 Dec 2002]:
Maybe after the release you could port this to cvs version?
I updated the patch for 4.6.0-pre2. It was also submitted to
the patch tracker.
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Tomas Styblo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
PGP:
Hi!
Here is a patch which adds a fast lynx-like navigation to the
panels and to the listbox widgets (history, hotlist, ...). Each
displayed entry is numbered and may be selected by one or two
keystrokes.
To select for example a file or a hotlist entry numbered 23,
just press the keys 2
* Adam Byrtek 'alpha' [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Sun, 22 Dec 2002]:
By the way jumpkeys in panel are not too useful, I think it is
easier to type part of a real filename than a random number. But I
guess it depends on habits.
You can disable the jumpkeys in panel and still have them in the
listboxes.
On Sun, Dec 22, 2002 at 03:02:57AM +0100, Tomas Styblo wrote:
t's nice in combination with the CTRL+s feature (I remapped it to F12
because I use it so often).
I also use it often, but in fact I find Ctrl-S easier to type than
F12. By the way jumpkeys in panel are not too useful, I think it is
Here is an updated version of the patch.
In previous version the jumpkey numbers were displayed even for
empty entries. This was most noticeable in the hotlist. I think it
was quite confusing. Now the numbers are displayed only for
non-empty entries.
The new version of the patch is attached to
Hello.
Here is a patch which adds a fast lynx-like navigation to the
panels and to the listbox widgets (history, hotlist, ...). Each
displayed entry is numbered and may be selected by one or two
keystrokes.
To select for example a file or a hotlist entry numbered 23,
just press the keys 2 and 3
