Re: GUI keyboard shortcuts

[Thorsten Liebig]

Am 10.10.2013 22:07, schrieb John W. Eaton:
> On 10/10/2013 03:43 PM, Thorsten Liebig wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> the release is close and I think it is now or never we should discuss
>> the keyboard shortcuts for the Octave GUI.
>>
>> As I understand we want to try to get Matlab users to feel at home with
>> the new Octave GUI and to me the proper keyboard-shortcuts would be
>> important in that regard.
>>
>> Firstly, Matlab has a completely configurable list of shortcuts which
>> would be nice to have as well, but maybe to complex for now?
>
> That is also my goal for Octave, but I don't know how to do it.
>
>> Secondly it has some presets to choose, I will only refer to the one
>> "Windows default set" and not the "Emacs default set" which is default
>> on Linux.
>>
>> Here are my thoughts:
>>
>> "Comment/Uncomment":
>> Octave: CTRL+7/8   no idea why these two, but I really have trouble
>> using these with just one hand... and I hate to use both hands for a
>> shortcut...
>> Matlab uses CTRL+R/T  I like that much better, but maybe I'm just used
>> to it...
>>
>> The problem is that it happens regularly to me that instead of a comment
>> I run my script instead (and deleting my workspace...)
>>
>> "Run a script":
>> Octave: CTRL+R  (conflicts with Matlabs comment shortcut)
>> Matlab:  F5
>> I find F5 much more intuitive, especially since it is continue in
>> debugging mode as well...
>>
>> "Help on Selection":
>> Octave: does not have this as a shortcut, only context menu entry
>> Matlab: F1
>> This is a really nice feature, just put your cursor on a function and
>> hit F1 to get the help text! Having it in a overlay-windows like Matlab
>> would be nice, but just executing "help<function>" in the command
>> window would be good enough for now. Drawback, if a command is running,
>> this will not react...
>> Should be done easily since we already have it in the context menu?
>>
>> "Open Selection":
>> Octave: does not have this
>> Matlab: CTRL+D
>> This is my favorite shortcut with Matlab especially if you work with
>> lots of functions (as I usually do). Put your cursor on the function and
>> press CTRL+D and the function opens as a new tab in the editor... Having
>> this in the context menu as well and calling "edit<function>" would be
>> nice. Drawback, if a command is running, this will not react...
>>
>> "Evaluate Selection":
>> Octave: not available
>> Matlab: F9
>> Select some lines, press F9 and the selection will be evaluated, very
>> useful, e.g. if you just play around with some lines for plotting...
>>
>> And I'm pretty sure there are a few more I'm missing...
>>
>> I'm looking forward to hear your opinions
>
> Are you talking about the keyboard shortcuts for the editor or the
> command window or something else?
>
> jwe
>

Sorry, I'm talking about the Editor.

Thorsten