Re: Editing in Eclipse

From: Hugi Thordarson (hug..efsyn.is)
Date: Mon May 22 2006 - 17:32:21 EDT

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    I used the keybindings preference file provided here to work around
    this:
    http://www.martinkahr.com/2006/02/13/mac-keys-for-eclipse/

    It's not perfect, but it's definitely better than using the Eclipse
    standard keybindings.

    Cheers,
    - Hugi

    On 22.5.2006, at 17:35, John Huss wrote:

    > If you care about this issue, go and Vote for these bugs at
    > eclipse.org:
    >
    > https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=5138
    > https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=14654
    > https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=23614
    >
    > It looks like it's close to being fixed, but not for 3.2.
    >
    > John
    >
    > On 5/22/06, Mike Schrag <mschra..dimension.com> wrote:
    >> Interestingly, the text area where you edit on Eclipse is pure
    >> Java ... Most of the surrounding controls are native, though.
    >>
    >> It is an SWT thing, though. I believe it's literally the case that
    >> there is no triple-click event (it's a double followed by a single, I
    >> think?). There are open bugs for it, but not a lot of movement to
    >> fix it.
    >>
    >> I'm also still not used to the new mac keyboard navigation :)
    >>
    >> ms
    >>
    >> On May 22, 2006, at 11:49 AM, Marc Respass wrote:
    >>
    >> > Welcome to write once work like Windows everywhere ;). Lastest
    >> > builds of Eclipse use Mac keyboard navigation which is good if
    >> > you're new to Eclipse and a pain if your brain switches to Eclipse
    >> > mode like mine has for the past 3 years.
    >> >
    >> > I think the answer is "the source is available" (ha ha - kidding).
    >> > I don't know any way to do that. I use Azureus and Oxygen (both
    >> > also SWT apps) and they don't do it right either. I think it's an
    >> > SWT thing. SWT on Mac is based on Carbon so it's possible that the
    >> > Carbon TextArea control doesn't give you much.
    >> >
    >> > Marc
    >> >
    >> > On May 22, 2006, at 11:42 AM, Ken Anderson wrote:
    >> >
    >> >> Does anyone have any hints or tips on how to get the Eclipse
    >> >> editor to be more Mac like? There are 2 things that are driving
    >> >> me insane:
    >> >>
    >> >> 1) Triple-click does not highlight an entire line
    >> >> 2) Double click on a word, then drag, does not highlight on a
    >> >> word by word basis
    >> >>
    >> >> I thought I could overlook these things, but it still drives me
    >> >> nuts after a month using Eclipse.
    >> >>
    >> >> Thanks,
    >> >> Ken
    >> >>
    >> >
    >>
    >>



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