Re: Use of 'del' key

[Lars Ræder Clausen <lars raeder dk>]

On Thu, 2008-01-24 at 14:55 +0100, Rudy VanRaemdonck verhaert com wrote:
> 
> Hello, 
> 
> We recenlty introduced Dia as alternative to MS-Visio for making
> simple diagrams. 
> 
> Although the program is very straightforward to use, I have one major
> complaint: 
> 
> I use text boxes most of the time (rectangle with text in the middle).
> Very often the text needs to be corrected and the most intuitive way
> to do so is using the 'del' key for deleting the next character after
> the cursor. Unfortunately this deletes the whole textbox object right
> away. Fortunately with 'undo' you can quickly restore your 'mistake',
> jump one position to the right and use the backspace key instead. 
> 
> However, this is not a very practical way of working. 
> 
> Can something be done about this, or am I using Dia not in the right way? 

In the current SVN version, text editing is a separate mode, so the del
key does what it should do.  However, I don't think there's a Windows
package for that version yet, since it hasn't been officially released.

-Lars