[slime-devel] Tab behavior in REPL buffers

jan janmar at iprimus.com.au
Sun Mar 28 02:35:06 UTC 2004


Helmut Eller <e9626484 at stud3.tuwien.ac.at> writes:

> Peter Seibel <peter at javamonkey.com> writes:
> 
>> Should I just remap TAB myself or does anyone else find the current
>> behavior annoying and perhaps worth changing?
> 
> I changed the TAB command, so that it first indents the current line.
> If indenting doesn't move the cursor, it performs symbol completion.
> Is that better?

I would also check that last-command is the TAB command before doing
symbol completion. That way you can rely on the first TAB stroke not
to change your code. Consistency is the cornerstone of good UI's.

-- 
jan





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