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 May 18 2009, 4:46 pm
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After a long spree of using DM, I usually end up trying to save documents by pressing Ctrl+K (the compiling shortcut) for days afterward. Does this happen to anyone else?
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EGUY wrote:
Does this happen to anyone else? No, not to me... but why would it occur? Do you forget which program you're working in? I'm confused. | |
EGUY wrote:
After a long spree of using DM, I usually end up trying to save documents by pressing Ctrl+K (the compiling shortcut) for days afterward. Does this happen to anyone else? It'll happen to me sometimes when working with code files for other projects (such as LPC files on a MUD). The funny thing is I do this while logging into a remote Linux box via SSH. Ctrl+K does something different (cut, iirc) in the Nano editor. | |
I'd say it's muscle memory, your brain and muscle get confused and usually, muscle memory overpowers it as it's right next to the "effectors", that being the "muscles".
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What I get is different behaviours for the end of code lines. After I've done a ton of C or PHP or Javascript programming, my end-of-line muscle memory says "semicolon enter", and after I've done a ton of DM or Python it just says "enter". When I switch, I end up putting semicolons in my Python code or leaving them out of my PHP code. I never use control-K in the DM IDE for whatever reason, I think I just ctrl+R when I'm ready to test something or ctrl+S when I want to save after doing a bunch of typing.
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Android Data wrote:
No, not to me... but why would it occur? Do you forget which program you're working in? I'm confused. It's instinct. What happens is that you get used to the fact that CTRL-K is "Save All" <small>(compile)</small>. After you use it often, "CTRL-K = save" is assimilated in your memory, and so you may occasionally accidentally use it in other programs as well. I don't think it happens to me a lot, but once or twice I definitely at least thought of pressing CTRL-K in other programs. Like with a lot of stuff, this varies between people and personalities. I think I'd press it less in other programs even if the association came up in my mind, because I tend to be more calculated. Others that act more on whim will probably experience pressing it accidentally more often. | |
Kaioken wrote:
Android Data wrote: Odd. When I open a program, I know which combination of keys are valid or not, and I never caught myself trying to use CTRL+K in any program other than Dream Maker. I don't think it happens to me a lot, but once or twice I definitely at least thought of pressing CTRL-K in other programs. Like with a lot of stuff, this varies between people and personalities. Ah. Must be my annoying personality then. =P | |
EGUY wrote:
After a long spree of using DM, I usually end up trying to save documents by pressing Ctrl+K (the compiling shortcut) for days afterward. Does this happen to anyone else? I don't have the shortcut problem, but I do forget that I need to save in any non-DM programming language due to the fact that compiling in DM automatically caves before it compiles. Since I suck at drawing and my image fiels take up less than 4 kilobytes altogether, I compile 5 times in a row out of habit, and compile rather than save. Also, if I forget to compile, DM asks "Do you want to save?" I wish more languages were like DM. | |
I save notepad++ using Ctrl+S nearly every time I press return. I don't know where or how I picked up this habit, but I have it. As a result, I often attempt to save textareas on websites.
Ctrl+K in DM is no different. Occasionally I'll catch myself pressing Ctrl+K or Ctrl+R instead of Ctrl+S in Notepad++, especially if I'm working on a project which requires both.