Well,
I solved my key-binding problem by simply replacing the 5.9.3.99rc*
Bindings.tcl file with the one from v.5.9.3 and doing the usual
"make; make install."
Ain't open source grand?
But, in thinking about others, I was very lucky to have downloaded the
earlier version.
I looked on the sourceforge site (mayby I don't know enough about
where), and could no longer find the 5.9.3 version.
So, this is a request to leave several earlier versions up on the sourceforge
site for possible download.
TIA,
-sen
On Wed, 16 Aug 2006, Robert Dodier wrote:
> On 8/15/06, sen1 at math.msu.edu <sen1 at math.msu.edu> wrote:
>
>> For what it's worth, the key bindings in the current 5.10 candidate in
>> xmaxima for windows are not the way they were in v. 5.9.2.
>
> The key bindings are largely the same. The only ones that have
> changed, to the best of my knowledge, are ctrl-p and ctrl-n.
> If you know differently, feel free to add that information to this thread.
> (FWIW it seems likely the change was unintentional.)
>
>> As I said in a previous message, the old ones were like "emacs."
>
> The key bindings were/are a mix of Emacs and Windows.
> We get about 10 times the downloads of the Maxima Windows
> installer as for the rpm's or tarball. I'm guessing very few Windows
> users know anything about Emacs, so I don't see any point to
> expanding the scope of Emacs bindings beyond what it is at present.
>
>> Why not keep them as in 5.9.2, or provide a mechanism by which the
>> user can redefine or load alternate key bindings?
>
> I'm not in favor of either suggestion here. Ctrl-p and ctrl-n aren't
> documented,
> and the same functions are supplied by up arrow and down arrow
> or moving the cursor with the mouse. So I don't see a need to revert.
> As to making it possible to remap key bindings, that sounds like a lot
> of work which would benefit a very small number of users.
>
> Robert Dodier
>
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