For DM, could we get something to indicate if characters will be overwritten due to the INSERT button being pressed?
Example:
In DM, Type in: "I <3 TENTACLES"
Next, click before the "I" to start there, and hit INSERT.
Now, type in: "I <3 BEEF STEW" Notice how it erased the "I <3 TENTACLES." This is what I mean.
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 Oct 9 2006, 4:53 pm
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The insert button is useful. I do think that there should be an LED on keyboards for the Insert button being pressed, though. Y'know, just like these guys have Scroll Lock and Caps Lock LEDs.
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Yeah, I agree entirely -- I absolutely love the Insert key. The problem is, most people don't, which prompted many keyboard makers to actually remove the Insert key from their full-sized keyboards (in favour of a double-high Delete key), such that the only way to get the Insert function is to use Shift+0 on the numeric keypad. Which is more evil than Cheney...
Having some sort of indication of the Insert status being on would be nice for the BYOND program. If it's possible, it would be nice to have a status bar at the bottom of the Dream Maker window showing number of lines of code, file size, and whether CAPS, INS, or NUM are on. | |
They should just remove scroll lock. I mean who the [heck] uses Scroll Lock. I'm not even quite sure what Scroll lock does. I use insert more than I ever use Scroll Lock >_<. Then again I've never used scroll lock so I guess I'm not saying much.
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Scroll lock is supposed to be used in command-line windows. In theory, you can use it to freeze the display of a huge mass of scrolling text so that you can read it.
Sadly, AFAIK it doesn't work in Windows' command prompts, so it's completely useless unless you're running Linux. Blame Microsoft! =P | |
It works in Excel to freeze the screen where you are, and no longer re-center when you move between cells with the arrow keys (or tab, or enter, etc.) That's the only Windows program, from Microsoft or otherwise, that I can think of to do anything with it.
But yeah.. it'd be nice if it worked in Window's command prompt... but if Microsoft implemented the list of things I want the command prompt to do, they'd end up writing Linux anyway. | |
It also works during the booting process for a limited amount of time. I've used it on numerous computers to catch the RAM type.
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nick.cash wrote:
It works in Excel to freeze the screen where you are, and no longer re-center when you move between cells with the arrow keys (or tab, or enter, etc.) Interesting. I didn't know that. (And that goes for Audeuro too. =)) But yeah.. it'd be nice if it worked in Window's command prompt... but if Microsoft implemented the list of things I want the command prompt to do, they'd end up writing Linux anyway. Yup. One doesn't appreciate the beauty of what a command line can do until one uses Linux. =) You can customise the command prompt to have limited tab completion (via a small registry change; NT/2000/XP only), but it's still inferior to the way Linux does it. There's also a handy Windows XP Powertoy, Open Command Window Here, which makes it a bit more usable for some things; right-click on a folder and click the menu entry to open up a command window there. (On a related note, check out my Explore here registry hack, which I absolutely cannot live without.) ...wow, I just noticed how off-topic we're getting! | |
Audeuro wrote:
For DM, could we get something to indicate if characters will be overwritten due to the INSERT button being pressed? Agreed. I'd like to have a little status message somewhere in the IDE to display information like the line number, active statuses(Num Lock, Insert, Caps Lock), and whatever other quirky info one might want in the status(preferably customizable in Preferences!), such as file size(useful for developing under a limit, heh), line count, etc. Hiead | |
The usual practice is to change the cursor into a big blinking box. I dunno why it doesn't happen by default anyway, it seems like something that the RichText control should handle. *shrug*