jshell tool: survey on keystroke functionality -- your input requested

Paul Sandoz paul.sandoz at oracle.com
Mon Mar 20 17:50:13 UTC 2017


> On 18 Mar 2017, at 12:08, John Rose <john.r.rose at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> On Mar 18, 2017, at 11:39 AM, Robert Field <robert.field at oracle.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Please email your choice with or without discussion.
> 
> Vote: #2 alternative
> 

+1 for the alternative.

The powerful Alt-F1 is indeed a little awkward, having it closer to tab will i think make it far more accessible and i think should just work without additional input if the context is unambiguous, otherwise present the choice to the user.

Paul.

> Thanks.
> 
> (I'd think of it as:  Tab helps me make progress by either typing for me
> or by giving information about what I can type next at the input cursor.
> C-Tab helps me transform my code in other ways besides typing more
> stuff at the input cursor.  Tab is what I type when I don't know what to
> type next, or don't want to think about it because it's too routine.
> C-Tab is for the non-routine stuff.)



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