[news.eclipse.tools] Re: 2.1/M5 Why is the Home Key == first char on lin

["David Wegener" <d.wegener(spamblock)@attbi.com>]

My brain works the opposite way :).  I'm conditioned to select from left to
right, so I go to the beginning of the line (Home) and use Shift-<Down
Arrow> as many times as needed to select desired lines, Ctrl-C, move to past
location Ctrl-V.

"Johan Compagner" <jcompagner@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> ehhmmm
>
> Eclipse has smart past now (or how that is called!) :)
>
> for example:
>
> \tFoo foo = new Foo();
> \t{
> \t\tBar bar = new Bar();
> \t}
>
> Now i go to the end of the line of Foo
>
> then i press Shift-Home (selects only the text)
> CTRL-C to copy
> then just go 2 down (on the line of Bar)
> and press CTRL-V
> an Foo will go very nicely on the same indent as Bar.
>
> johan
>
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> "Dave Wegener" <wegener@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > Smart home is very very anoying :)
> >
> > I almost never want to go to the first non-whitespace character on a
line.
> >  However, I often want to go to the very first character on the line. If
I
> > want to make a selection to cut copy, I want to start from the beginning
> > of the line.  Otherwise the positioning of the cursor for a subsequent
> > paste gets all messed up.
> >
> > I'm ever so greatfull that it has an option to turn it off.
> >
> >
> > Johan Compagner wrote:
> >
> > > Smart home is very very handy
> >
> > > In java files you always never want to go really to the first
position...
> > > And if so home cycles for you...
> >
> > > johan
> >
> > > "Ross Yakulis" <yakulis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:b2ebdd$hdd$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Why was the home key changed from begin line (position 0) to first
> > character
> > > > on line.  Then pressing the key again does the opposite.   That
seems bad
> > > > design to me.  A key press should always be the same not not context
> > > > sensitive.
> > > >
> > > > Ross
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