Re: PDM user option for WDSC LPEX editor -- MIDRANGE-L

Joe,

when using SEU, I typically have 3 to 6 sessions open at a time.  I
could have as many as 4 different members open simultaneously and I
toggle between them using alt-tab.  in wdsc i can do that with
multiple windows (workspaces?) but I still have to go to the mouse to
find and open another member, then after it loads, go back to the
mouse and switch perspectives from the explorer to full screen
editing.

I know, it's not brain surgury, but when I'm using SEU, I NEVER go to
the mouse, unless i'm cutting and pasting.

a plugin would be nice.

On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 15:20:07 -0600, Joe Pluta
<joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I sympathize with you and Dave, Rick.  I'm lucky in that I type
> relatively fast so moving back and forth from keyboard to mouse is not
> as much of an issue, but I still to this day get frustrated with an
> interface that forces me to the mouse too often.
> 
> That being said, how often do you open new members?  Yeah, I know it's a
> bit of a pain, but it's just not painful enough for me to get upset
> about.  Maybe it's because I use WDSC so much and I'm used to doing
> things with the mouse.  The more I use WDSC, the more I use the mouse,
> especially for cutting and pasting and moving things around.
> 
> All that being said, how about a little popup?  (I'm not saying this
> could be done, but let's brainstorm.)  You could assign the popup to
> Ctrl-O.  The popup would prompt for library, file and member and would
> open it.  It could default to the last values, and not only that, if it
> senses something in the clipboard buffer, it would paste that into the
> member name.  That way, if you were to open multiple members from the
> same source file, you'd only have to mark the member name and copy it
> into the clipboard, then switch to WDSC and hit Ctrl-O.
> 
> Next, somewhere along the line, someone could create a sockets listener
> that would wait for a request from the host and would invoke the member
> opener by sending the appropriate values.
> 
> Joe
> 
> > From: rick baird
> >
> > This is probably not the right forum, but I agree with dave.  the
> > issue of opening a member using the explorer via the mouse is major
> > issue I have with wdsc.
> >
> > I absolutely hate reaching for my mouse when i'm coding.  It's the
> > single biggest hurdle I've found to using it.  I know there are some
> > shortcuts, but they invariably involve the mouse eventually.  I can
> > type a source member name faster than I can reach for my mouse, study
> > the screen click some plus signs, scroll and double click.  I know pdm
> > so well, I don't even have to look at the screen half the time.
> 
> 
> 
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