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Well, you get into the pkg mode by typing `]`, so from an intuitive standpoint you get out by deleting that character. When you're in any REPL mode there is a c
by DNF2 7y ago
Well, you get into the pkg mode by typing `]`, so from an intuitive standpoint you get out by deleting that character. When you're in any REPL mode there is a character typed at the beginning of your line that renders as a mode. Delete it, and it goes away.
I think it makes more sense than escape, actually, but everyone is so used to using escape that it's not too strange to not think of it.
- cptnapalm 7y agoIntuitive to me: press a button toggles a mode. Hit the button again to toggle again. Also intuitive to me: press a button to toggle a mode, hit Escape to escape that mode. Not intuitive to me: press a button to toggle a mode. Press Backspace to erase a character that isn't on the screen.
- DNF2 7y agoBut didn't it become more intuitive when I explained it? 'Type something to enter a mode, delete it to exit'. I'm pretty used to invisible characters, but I just think it makes sense. Anyway, you really just need to hear it once, and then it should stick.
- cptnapalm 7y agoNo, I still don't find anything intuitive about it. It's not hard to memorize, but I still don't find it an intuitive or sensible method for exiting.