From graphics-request at octave dot org Mon Feb 20 14:11:24 2006
Subject: Re: Octave Workshop 0.9 & Windows Installer
From: "Keith Goodman" <kwgoodman at gmail dot com>
To: "Shai Ayal" <shaiay at gmail dot com>
Cc: "Sebastien Loisel" <sloisel at gmail dot com>,         octave-graphics <graphics@octave.org>
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 12:09:42 -0800

On 2/20/06, Shai Ayal <shaiay at gmail dot com> wrote:
> On 2/20/06, Keith Goodman <kwgoodman at gmail dot com> wrote:
> > On 2/20/06, Shai Ayal <shaiay at gmail dot com> wrote:
> > > > > * binding Ctrl-A to the "about box" is annoying -- in readline this
> > > >
> > > > OK, I will try to think of a better way next time. However, I'm not sure I'm
> > > > going to try to emulate anything but Matlab.
> > >
> > > I think this also works in matlab, but I last used matlab about 5 years ago ...
> >
> > By default matlab (installed on GNU/Linux) uses Emacs key bindings. So
> > Ctrl-a returns to the start of the line. If you change the key
> > bindings to Windows, Ctrl-a selects all text.
> >
> > But never mind about that. Combining the input/output window and
> > adding the ability to select text is worth 27 Ctrl-a's and 9 Ctrl-e's.
> > And if you don't agree with me, Ctrl-c to you.
> >
>
> you can Ctrl-c me as much as you want, but I won't be Ctrl-s'd

I didn't know I could suspend octave output with Ctrl-s. That comes in
handy when the output messages from my program are speeding by. Thank
you.

I'd never Ctrl-s you, I'd Ctrl-z and bg you.