She's lost control

[venta]

There is something wrong with the world. In my day-job, I regularly use two different IDEs: Visual Studio and Eclipse. Because I'm like that, I have Eclipse set up to use Emacs as its text editor.

So, I'm regularly switching between environments with different key-bindings. In one IDE, I can sort out the indentation on code by hitting Ctrl-I. In the other, it's Ctrl-K Ctrl-F.

Here's the weird bit: Ctrl-K Ctrl-F is Visual Studio.

To anyone who has no idea what I'm talking about, the correct response is "wow, that's quite surprising, you'd expect it to be the other way round". If you want to make a more oblique comment, you could say http://xkcd.com/378/.

Comments

[ar-gemlad.livejournal.com]

Heh. I was whinging to ar_boblad about the shortcut keys in my library cataloguing software (e.g. Ctrl-S is 'copy subfield' and Ctrl-L is 'Save'). He responded with "Emacs", which shut me up.

[venta.livejournal.com]

The one that really bugs me is Ctrl-F in Outlook... I always want it to do find-in-message, and instead it forwards the message.

[zandev.livejournal.com]

I wonder if that goes back to an even more retro interface: the ctrl-k something smacks of the old WordStar interface.

[venta.livejournal.com]

Could be...

Ctrl-K does seem to be some sort of general preface to say that you're going to be doing something code-formatty.

See also "comment out selected block": Ctrl-/ on Eclipsemacs, and Ctrl-K Ctrl-C on VS. (On Eclipsemacs, Ctrl-/ toggles, whereas you need Ctrl-K Ctrl-U to uncomment in VS...)

[smiorgan.livejournal.com]

Ctrl-K insterts a hyperlink in some software (Freemind, OneNote, Word). Confusingly Cmd-K on a Mac connects to a server.

I sometimes hit the Windows key or Alt instead of Ctrl while my brain tries to adjust to windows first thing. A bit like trying to change gear by winding the window down when driving on the continent.

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

A bit like trying to change gear by winding the window down when driving on the continent.
[mumble mumble shuffle]

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

Mm, that sprung to my mind. Although what the line of descent is from WS to VS, I have no idea!

[bateleur.livejournal.com]

I have to say I don't really like multi-key shortcuts for anything that a single undo can revert.

But yes: "wow, that's quite surprising, you'd expect it to be the other way round".

[bateleur.livejournal.com]

Erm... when I say "multi-key" there I don't mean to include modifiers, obviously. :-)

[nalsa.livejournal.com]

I'd be more impressed if to save and exit in any microsoft product esc:x! worked. The number of times I've put that at the bottom of documents (in emails it's esc:x!sy) and not noticed until gone for review is... well, it's greater than null, anyway.

[venta.livejournal.com]

I do find it slightly consoling that '/' lets you search for a string in Firefox. Though it'd be better if it let you do it more than once...