bugGNU Octave - Bugs: bug #46884, Context menu tweaks (wishlist)

 
 

bug #46884: Context menu tweaks (wishlist)

Submitted by:  Ceral Paquet <octavebugs>
Submitted on:  Tue 12 Jan 2016 10:08:32 PM UTC  
 
Category: GUISeverity: 2 - Minor
Priority: 3 - LowItem Group: Feature Request
Status: NoneAssigned to: None
Originator Name: Open/Closed: Open
Release: devOperating System: GNU/Linux

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Thu 14 Jan 2016 09:38:07 AM UTC, comment #5:

(1) What is the purpose of "Run Selection" in the command window? Running the selected text from the command window or from the editor?

It would be to execute the selected text in the command window. I do find it useful in the command window, e.g. to execute a small selection of a longer command previously typed.

So if you highlighted "a=1" in the Editor and also "a=2" in the Command Window, the code executed would depend on which window has the focus.

*(2) But there are also applications having undo/redo in context menu: geany, thunderbird mail composition, gedit, ...
What about just moving them downwards?*

Yes, that would be fantastic. Sorry again for seeming like an ingrate - all I should have said was to request Run Selection at the top of the context menu. Undo/Redo occupy those spots currently, that's all I meant.

(3) No problem

Appreciated.

Ceral Paquet <octavebugs>
Wed 13 Jan 2016 06:30:44 PM UTC, comment #4:

(1) What is the purpose of "Run Selection" in the command window? Running the selected text from the command window or from the editor?

(2) But there are also applications having undo/redo in context menu: geany, thunderbird mail composition, gedit, ...
What about just moving them downwards?

(3) No problem

Torsten <ttl>
Project Member
Wed 13 Jan 2016 08:15:12 AM UTC, comment #3:

It's not to directly clone Matlab; rather, the Undo/Redo functions (for me) do not get much use via the mouse - only from the toolbar. I guess this is reflected in their not being present in the context menu in 1 or 2 large packages (Matlab being one).

My "muscle memory" (built on Matlab) looks for Run Selection in the top position :) It would be convenient for sure for those who came from Matlab. Sorry if I gave a wrong impression x

Ceral Paquet <octavebugs>
Wed 13 Jan 2016 07:40:27 AM UTC, comment #2:

As to 2, why should Octave be a verbatim copy of Matlab?

Philip Nienhuis <philipnienhuis>
Project Member
Wed 13 Jan 2016 12:26:39 AM UTC, comment #1:

Correction: not Workspace. I meant Command Window.

Ceral Paquet <octavebugs>
Tue 12 Jan 2016 10:08:32 PM UTC, original submission:

I wonder if I could request a few tweaks to the Context menus in the Editor and the Workspace.

1. Can you put Run Selection at the top of the menus for both. Currently it is only shown in the Editor menu and quite far down the list.

2. Can you remove the Undo/Redo items from the context menu. I don't see them there in other applications (e.g. Matlab, Libreoffice) so it doesn't seem they are "hot" enough items to be there. Or not in the top slots anyway.

3. Can you add a separator between Redo and Copy in the Editor toolbar.

Thanks - this thing is really looking good now.

Ceral Paquet <octavebugs>

 

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    Date Changed By Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced By
    Wed 17 Feb 2016 07:09:13 AM UTClachlanCategoryNone=>GUI
      Severity3 - Normal=>2 - Minor
      Priority5 - Normal=>3 - Low
      Release4.0.1-rc1=>dev

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