Re: First UI component needing replacement

[Dylan Griffiths <Dylan_G bigfoot com>]

Dominic Amann wrote:
> 
> I know it is an awkward key combo, but most pre-bash shells
> used <esc>, <\> as the autocomplete sequence.  This could be
> the default, and the user could change the key(s) in a preference
> dialog.  To type literal keys that are awkward, such as <tab>,
> could we not continue with the sh/vi tradition of <ctrl>-<v>
> before the key-stroke. (Again allowing the user to change this
> in a preference dialog).
> 

Of course, the only problem with this is that escape is the universal "I'm
confused/scare/somewhere I don't want to be, please CANCEL and back me out"
button.

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