Re: [Evolution] ctl+w

[Dan Hensley <dan hensley attbi com>]

On Tue, 2002-11-05 at 10:31, Tony Earnshaw wrote:
> tir, 2002-11-05 kl. 15:19 skrev Tom:
>
> > I have grown quite acustom to using ctl+w to delete words and I find my
> > self doing it in evolution without thinking and I end up closing my mail
> > program instead of deleting a word ...
>
> > can the hot key for closing evo change ( just for me ) ;> and can ctl+w
> > act like it does in many other apps
>
> There's an English song about that:
>
> "No never, no no. No, never, no no" etc.
>
> There's unfortunately a Linux thing about CTRL-W, which means "Close
> down this screen, whatever I'm in."

It's not specifically a Linux thing.  It probably came from Winblows,
where most applications I use have ^W as the hotkey to close the current
window/file/etc.

Dan


> So, welcome to Linux.
>
> Best,
>
> Tony
>
> -- 
>
> Tony Earnshaw
>
> Could have been Henrik Ibsen's, Ole Bull's,
> Henrik Wergelands's, Camilla Collet's and more's
> last words, but weren't: «Fanden helder, helder
> det at have sadset og at have tabt, end det at
>  ikke have sadset i det hele taget.»
>
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