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> and interrupting a GUI program hard like Break tends to do was not very useful. I find it extremely useful, GUI or not. Too bad it doesn't work half the time
by ZoomZoomZoom 1y ago
> and interrupting a GUI program hard like Break tends to do was not very useful.
I find it extremely useful, GUI or not. Too bad it doesn't work half the time when it matters, especially on Windows.
- hiAndrewQuinn 1y agoAlt-F4 is pretty reliable on Windows, but it's not as catchy because no one likes craning their left hand to reach the function key (even though you could just hold right Alt).
- tom_ 1y agoRight Alt doesn't exist on all keyboard layouts. On the UK layout it's replaced by AltGr, which doesn't do much appart from fail to act as Alt for Alt+F4 purposes, but it has actual uses in other layouts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AltGr_key https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AltGr_key
- thaumasiotes 1y agoNobody ever uses right alt even if it exists, but it's straightforward to hit F4 with your right hand. Alt+F4 on Windows has the undesirable property that if you hit it several times, and it works, you'll close several different things. Ctrl-C in the terminal won't do this.
- spauldo 1y agoAmerican Emacs-using touch typists use right ALT all the time. ALT-x prompts you for a command, ALT-q in most modes runs fill-paragraph, ALT-f moves the cursor forward by one word, etc.
- thaumasiotes 1y agoWhen I want alt in emacs I use C-[.
- spauldo 1y agoI suspect you're in the minority there.
- thaumasiotes 1y agoI can believe that.
- makapuf 1y agoIn French and other European countries, #[@{}|\] need altgr. You re using this quite a lot developing on Linux.