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Re: Ideas for better text entry

From: "Krzysztof Foltman" <kfoltman onet pl>
To: <dia-list gnome org>
Subject: Re: Ideas for better text entry
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003 12:19:27 +0200

> Current text entry is really bad.

101% right. So is the new proposal on how to fix it.

> to subclass GtkTextView to fix that.  More importantly, I need a better
> system for when to stop editing -- currently it just looks for focus-out,
> which is not the right thing.

IMHO, the text should be accepted on:

- ENTER key (Shift-ENTER for newline ?)
- changing focus (by TAB or mouse etc) and maybe switching application too
- clicking anywhere outside of the text view

ESC could undo editing.

Krzysztof

Follow-Ups:
- Re: Ideas for better text entry
  - From: Jeff
- Re: Ideas for better text entry
  - From: Lars Clausen

References:
- Ideas for better text entry
  - From: Lars Clausen

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