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bug #36986: Readline key bindings ignored by GUI

Submitted by:  Jordi GutiĆ©rrez Hermoso <jordigh>
Submitted on:  Sun 29 Jul 2012 02:06:04 AM UTC  
 
Category: GUISeverity: 3 - Normal
Priority: 5 - NormalItem Group: Other
Status: ConfirmedAssigned to: None
Originator Name: Open/Closed: Open
Release: devOperating System: GNU/Linux

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Mon 20 Aug 2012 09:33:57 PM UTC, comment #3:

Can the keybindings change depending on keyboard focus? If the keyboard focus is in the command window, then I think the keybindings should be the same as they would be in a normal terminal window. If the focus is somewhere else, then the keybindings can be different.

John W. Eaton <jwe>
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Sun 29 Jul 2012 11:29:56 PM UTC, comment #2:

I'm in the same minority. I'd prefer to have at least Ctrl-R available, that's the one I've missed so far, not that there aren't others worth having too.

Isn't part of the audience for the GUI going to be people who are used to command-line Octave? They may expect the readline keybindings they used in terminal mode to still work.

Mike Miller <mtmiller>
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Sun 29 Jul 2012 06:02:53 PM UTC, comment #1:

I prefer to keep my own readline bindings as well. On the other hand, I also do most of my work using the CLI so maybe I am not the right audience for a GUI.

Rik <rik5>
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Sun 29 Jul 2012 02:06:04 AM UTC, original submission:

I'm aware I'm probably a minority who cares about readline, but certain readline keys don't work in the GUI at cset 1ffaad442161. C-n opens a new editor window and C-r results in a parse error.

I'm not sure this really should be fixed or not. The readline keys will naturally conflict with the keybindings that users will expect. I would like perhaps an overall Emacs keybinding theme. I believe Qt provides such a thing.

Jordi GutiƩrrez Hermoso <jordigh>
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    Thu 11 Apr 2013 12:10:29 AM UTCrik5Summaryproblems with readline keys=>Readline key bindings ignored by GUI
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