Hey!  Who-ya callin' ol' ?  ;-)

On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 11:08 PM, weheh <richard_gor...@verizon.net> wrote:

>
> You don't have to be old like Yarko and me to remember ^S ^Q. Just
> open a DOS window and do a dir /s from the c: drive. Then trip down
> memory lane as you exercise your left hand's 3rd, 4th and 5th fingers.
>
> On Oct 9, 10:33 pm, Yarko Tymciurak <yark...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 9:01 PM, Iceberg <iceb...@21cn.com> wrote:
> >
> > > You are right, Yarko. And perhaps that is exactly why we can not
> > > expect much from those editors-inside-a-browser-window. Let it be. :-)
> >
> > .... hehehe.... yes, and I have some ancient, reptilian memory of CTRL-S
> > being used to "stop" output at the terminal (and I think it used to send
> a
> > NACK down the 300 baud lines; back in those days - which were SO much
> nicer
> > than punched cards and printouts -  at 300 baud, or about 30 characters
> per
> > second ....  yes, 2-3 seconds per LINE of output on your terminal!!!
>  ....
> > you simply did NOT need paging programs much, and interactive editors had
> to
> > be EXTREMELY efficient in output, or no one would use them!
> >
> > Ah,,,   Good old  CTRL-S / CTRL-Q   .... for STOP and RERUME output;
> > _those were the days!
> >
> > NOT! :-)
> >
> >
> >
> > > On Oct10, 2:55am, Yarko Tymciurak <yark...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > CTRL-S  is too old, and too widely used;  it's "save" from probably
> every
> > > > browser in every environment in existence....
> >
> > > > In ASCII, it is "Device Control 3", and has been used for terminal
> > > control
> > > > since the beginnings of the use of terminals.
> >
> > > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 3:52 AM, Iceberg <iceb...@21cn.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > > Do you mean that the ctrl+s is already implemented in current
> web2py
> > > > > latest trunk?
> >
> > > > > But I tried in IE7, ctrl+s doesn't invoke any action. And I tried
> in
> > > > > Chrome3, ctrl+s just invoke the browser's built-in "save current
> page
> > > > > to local harddisk" feature.
> >
> > > > > Well, not a big deal. I am just curious to know whether ctrl+s
> works
> > > > > in other user's environment. If it does not work, I won't mind
> because
> > > > > it is not really my first choice to edit my app. :-)
> >
> > > > > On Oct7, 10:10pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote:
> > > > > > Please check again it should be there
> >
> > > > > > On Oct 7, 4:26 am, Iceberg <iceb...@21cn.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > > > > Looks like the problem is already addressed 3 weeks ago. But I
> did
> > > not
> > > > > > > find a file named keyboard.js in our web2py admin.
> >
> > > > >
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/editarea/forums/forum/556921/topic/33.
> > > ..
> >
> > > > > > > On Oct7, 11:24am, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote:
> >
> > > > > > > > Can you send me a patch?
> >
> > > > > > > > On Oct 6, 7:30 am, Kuba Kucharski <kuba.kuchar...@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> >
> > > > > > > > > Still the main problem with admin editor is this
> > > > > > > > > wrong-refreshing/wrong-displaying trauma - never solved or
> did
> > > I
> > > > > miss smth ?
> >
> > > > > > > > > On Oct 5, 2009 3:47 AM, "Iceberg" <iceb...@21cn.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > > > > > > > Did not really try the admin editor until recently. Nice as
> a
> > > handy
> > > > > > > > > tool for some quick typing, the only inconvenience is the
> lack
> > > of
> > > > > ctrl
> > > > > > > > > +s shortcut to save a file. Is it possible to add this
> feature?
> > > > > Since
> > > > > > > > > I notice the ctrl+f etc can work.
> >
> > > > > > > > > BTW, the word_wrap.gif icon is missing in the toolbar.
> >
> > > > > > > > > Regards,
> > > > > > > > > Iceberg- Hide quoted text -
> >
> > - Show quoted text -
> >
>

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