Re: [racket] Emacs-style keybindings in Windows

2010-10-21 Thread Neil Van Dyke
Eric Hanchrow wrote at 10/21/2010 12:48 AM: But I can't figure out how to do what Emacs does when I type M-), namely: move point across one closing paren, without inserting any. Is there an equivalent for that? Something like that... In the normal DrRacket key bindings, you get

[racket] Emacs-style keybindings in Windows

2010-10-20 Thread Joe Snikeris
Hi all, I find the default emacs-style keybindings difficult to cope with in Windows. Specifically, I'm used to Alt filling in for Meta in emacs. I've been a good sport in trying to get used to this new editing environment. but reaching up to ESC and pressing 'w' is too awkward for something

Re: [racket] Emacs-style keybindings in Windows

2010-10-20 Thread Joe Snikeris
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 12:11 PM, Joe Snikeris j...@snikeris.com wrote: I find the default emacs-style keybindings difficult to cope with in Windows. Somewhat related: I'm editing a file and press C-s to search for something. I press C-o to switch to the search frame. I enter my search text.

Re: [racket] Emacs-style keybindings in Windows

2010-10-20 Thread Shriram Krishnamurthi
I turn off menu key bindings: Edit | Preferences... | Editing | General | Enable keybindings in menus (turn it off). Now you have Alt at your disposal, and with it a good chunk of Emacs keybindings. I edit all my code in DrRacket on Windows, and with this configuration, it works very well.

Re: [racket] Emacs-style keybindings in Windows

2010-10-20 Thread Joe Snikeris
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 1:54 PM, Shriram Krishnamurthi s...@cs.brown.edu wrote: I turn off menu key bindings: Me too. (turn it off).  Now you have Alt at your disposal, and with it a good chunk of Emacs keybindings. What do you press to copy selected text? I edit all my code in DrRacket

Re: [racket] Emacs-style keybindings in Windows

2010-10-20 Thread Shriram Krishnamurthi
I turn off menu key bindings: Me too. So what's the problem w/ using Alt? (turn it off).  Now you have Alt at your disposal, and with it a good chunk of Emacs keybindings. What do you press to copy selected text? C-Space to start selecting, M-w (Alt+w) to copy, and C-y to paste. It is

Re: [racket] Emacs-style keybindings in Windows

2010-10-20 Thread Joe Snikeris
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 2:04 PM, Shriram Krishnamurthi s...@cs.brown.edu wrote: (turn it off).   Now you have Alt at your disposal, and with it a good chunk of Emacs keybindings. What do you press to copy selected text? C-Space to start selecting, M-w (Alt+w) to copy, and C-y to paste. Ahh

Re: [racket] Emacs-style keybindings in Windows

2010-10-20 Thread Eric Hanchrow
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Shriram Krishnamurthi s...@cs.brown.edu wrote: I turn off menu key bindings: Edit | Preferences... | Editing | General | Enable keybindings in menus Aha! I think I used to know that ... ... while we're on the subject, I see that M-( does in DrRacket what it