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Grr. Why can't ^W be something less harmful in most programs?

by koenigdavidmj 17y ago

jrockway 17y ago
What programs is it not backward-kill-word in?
- sophacles 17y ago
  In vim it is the first part of a sequence for manipulating windows. This mindset can conflict with e.g. firefox, in which ctrl-w closes a window. (particularly if there are multiple firefoxes/tabs open) Edit: That should be close tab, not close window, c-shift-w is window.
  - jrockway 17y ago
    Ah. In Emacs, bash, and conkeror, it does something useful. (I've never really understood why there are keyboard shortcuts for things like "quit program" and "print". How often, if ever, do you want to do those things? Do they really need to be one keystroke away!?)
    - sophacles 17y ago
      Thats a pretty inflammatory statement... "In one program and a couple that emulate it...". How is it not useful to have a keyboard shortcut to change focus between windows? Windows in vim refer to what I believe are called "splits" in emacs. The vim c-w stuff is analogous to c-x stuff in emacs. As for close tab shortcuts in firefox -- I use it all the time. Standard work flow for me includes c-t, google.com, <misspelled word>, c-w, <correct spelling from "did you mean">.
      - viraptor 17y ago
        > Standard work flow for me includes c-t, google.com, <misspelled word>, c-w, <correct spelling from "did you mean">. This might be quicker: c-k, <misspelled word>, alt-enter, c-w alt-enter opens a new tab with the search.
    - chancho 17y ago
      You never close browser tabs?
  - BrandonM 17y ago
    firefox, in which ctrl-w closes... It's very useful in situations like this to know that Ctrl-Shift-T reopens the last closed tab, and you can press it repeatedly to continue opening less-recently closed tabs.
    - koenigdavidmj 17y ago
      Yeah, but in Pidgin you just disconnected. And told your buddy/chat room that you did.
- jodrellblank 17y ago
  Windows programs, it's often kill MDI child window (or these days, tab).
- chancho 17y ago
  In Windows, KDE and Gnome it almost universally closes a window. By default, anyway.

Grr. Why can't ^W be something less harmful in most programs?

jrockway 17y ago

What programs is it not backward-kill-word in?

sophacles 17y ago
In vim it is the first part of a sequence for manipulating windows. This mindset can conflict with e.g. firefox, in which ctrl-w closes a window. (particularly if there are multiple firefoxes/tabs open) Edit: That should be close tab, not close window, c-shift-w is window.
- jrockway 17y ago
  Ah. In Emacs, bash, and conkeror, it does something useful. (I've never really understood why there are keyboard shortcuts for things like "quit program" and "print". How often, if ever, do you want to do those things? Do they really need to be one keystroke away!?)
  - sophacles 17y ago
    Thats a pretty inflammatory statement... "In one program and a couple that emulate it...". How is it not useful to have a keyboard shortcut to change focus between windows? Windows in vim refer to what I believe are called "splits" in emacs. The vim c-w stuff is analogous to c-x stuff in emacs. As for close tab shortcuts in firefox -- I use it all the time. Standard work flow for me includes c-t, google.com, <misspelled word>, c-w, <correct spelling from "did you mean">.
    - viraptor 17y ago
      > Standard work flow for me includes c-t, google.com, <misspelled word>, c-w, <correct spelling from "did you mean">. This might be quicker: c-k, <misspelled word>, alt-enter, c-w alt-enter opens a new tab with the search.
  - chancho 17y ago
    You never close browser tabs?
- BrandonM 17y ago
  firefox, in which ctrl-w closes... It's very useful in situations like this to know that Ctrl-Shift-T reopens the last closed tab, and you can press it repeatedly to continue opening less-recently closed tabs.
  - koenigdavidmj 17y ago
    Yeah, but in Pidgin you just disconnected. And told your buddy/chat room that you did.
jodrellblank 17y ago
Windows programs, it's often kill MDI child window (or these days, tab).
chancho 17y ago
In Windows, KDE and Gnome it almost universally closes a window. By default, anyway.