From: Curt Hibbs <curt@...>
Date: 2002-01-10T02:53:43+09:00
Subject: RE: An Update on the FreeRIDE Project

I think that is a great idea. I have used editors that allow that and I
agree that it is incredibly useful. I will add that to our editor project.

Curt

PS
   Anytime you get a good idea, you can always add it our list of proposed
features by going directly to our wiki project pages
(http://www.rubyide.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?FreeRIDE_Projects).

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bryan Murphy [mailto:bryan@terralab.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 8:46 AM
> To: ruby-talk ML
> Subject: Re: An Update on the FreeRIDE Project
>
>
> >
> >
> >>Absolutely! I've thought about documentation, but I wouldn't want to
> >>start documenting ahead of time as it would be a moving target for a
> >>while.
> >>
> >>However, I just realized that don't have a help system in the project
> >>yet. That would probably be a good place to start -- getting some code
> >>in place that can server as the nucleus of a help system (context
> >>sensitive help being the more difficult aspect).
> >>
> >
> >I think (and I'l think this on the Wiki too) that the Help system should
> >both be a Wiki and should invoke the 'net Wiki, if possible
> >
>
> Hey guys,
>
> Can I make one request?  One thing I like in an editor, which very few
> implement is the ability to switch to a specific window (or pane, or
> tab, or whatever you want to call it) with a key press.
>
> For instance, if I have three different source files open, I like being
> able to hit ALT+1, ALT+2, and ALT+3 to immediately jump between the
> three of them.
>
> I'm sure you'll add in key bindings at some point (most editors do), but
> most neglect to support this simple feature which I find
> incredibly useful!
>
> Thanks,
> Bryan
>
>
>