From: "Bart Schaefer" <schaefer@candle.brasslantern.com>
To: Andrej Borsenkow <Andrej.Borsenkow@mow.siemens.ru>,
Zsh workers list <zsh-workers@sunsite.auc.dk>
Subject: Re: "Cancel" menu selection & Co?
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 18:24:27 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1000510182427.ZM15526@candle.brasslantern.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SV4.4.20.0005102059260.13812-100000@itsrm2.mow.siemens.ru>
On May 10, 9:14pm, Andrej Borsenkow wrote:
} Subject: "Cancel" menu selection & Co?
}
} Currently, as soon as menu selection is started, there seems to be no way
} to cancel it - that is, revert input line to original state. The closest
} it, exit menu selection and hit Undo.
}
} Does anybody really use ^G to switch from menu selection to menu
} completion? I hardly see any point here. So, the suggestion is, to make ^G
} really cancel selection and revert line to it's original state (before
} match was inserted). This is also consistent behaviour for ^G, that
} normally cancels actions in other places.
I, too, would prefer this behavior.
} As a related (to me at least) question or request - is it possible to
} enter menu selection immediately if list does not fit on screen?
We discussed that, but I don't recall whether it's possible. The doc
for the `menu' style doesn't mention it.
} OTOH if menu selection can be quit with ^G it can be
} used as replacement for listing, but replacement that supports scrolling,
} paging, going back etc.
Listing already supports scrolling; set the LISTPROMPT parameter. There's
a list-prompt style, too.
--
Bart Schaefer Brass Lantern Enterprises
http://www.well.com/user/barts http://www.brasslantern.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2000-05-10 18:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-05-10 15:59 `typeset -U' and exported tied parameters Bart Schaefer
2000-05-10 16:58 ` FUNCTIONS_INSTALL in Makefile's is not updated Andrej Borsenkow
2000-05-10 18:02 ` Bart Schaefer
2000-05-10 17:14 ` "Cancel" menu selection & Co? Andrej Borsenkow
2000-05-10 18:24 ` Bart Schaefer [this message]
2000-05-10 17:35 ` FPATH non-bug (Re: `typeset -U' and exported tied parameters) Bart Schaefer
2000-05-10 19:07 ` `typeset -U' and exported tied parameters Peter Stephenson
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