remapping keys to old Borland IDE mappings
lazarus / 9-Editor

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Bitbeisser · 2018-08-18 22:52

Programming for 42 years and using Borland IDEs for about 30 of those,
my fingers "think" in the old Borland IDE key mappings. It's simple
muscle memory.

That has been a source of deep frustration when using Lazarus. The
"default" key mappings are quite illogical when you have been used to
different mappings for so long. However, the "classic" (which I
perceived as fitting Borland) mappings aren't much better. One key
command that I use(d) quite frequently, specially after a global
search&replace is the good old "Ctrl-Q P" (move cursor to last
position).
In the "default" mappings, it works with Ctrl-H (which is quite
counter-intuitive if you remember that this is/used to be a backspace)
but there is no key mapped to that command in the "classic" scheme.
And there is no such entry in the Editor options to map that key
myself!?! 

So how can this command be remapped to Ctrl-Q-P, as clearly there has
to be a command, as it is performed in the "default" mappings to
Ctrl-H...

thanks,

Ralf

PS: Using the "stock" Lazarus 1.8.4 release

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Martin_fr · 2018-08-18 23:30

Under Tools > Options > Editor > Key Mappings

search for "Jump Back" (it is under "Text search and replace commands"

Then double click it, and assign your keys.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Bitbeisser · 2018-08-18 23:41

Quote from: Martin_fr on August 19, 2018, 01:30:55 amUnder Tools >
Options > Editor > Key Mappings

search for "Jump Back" (it is under "Text search and replace commands"

Then double click it, and assign your keys.
I would have expected this under "Cursor Moving commands". And "Jump
back", in connection with the similar command "Jump forward", I am not
sure that this is the same command. I will try it out later though,
thanks...

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Martin_fr · 2018-08-18 23:49

Yes well "cursor movement" vs "text search". And the names are not the
best either.
I found it by searching for the already assigned key. (there is a
search in the upper right corner).

Jump forward:
Whenever the IDE moves the caret (go to declaration, search, ...) it
adds a "history point"

Jump backward travels back on them. Jump forward is to jump back, like
redo to undo.

If you use the editor toolbar, you can have 2 buttons for this (they
should be there by default)
You can also use the 4th and 5th mouse button (if you have) like in
web browsers).

And in the "View" menu, you find jump history, which shows a list of
all the points.

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Bitbeisser · 2018-08-19 06:13

Quote from: Martin_fr on August 19, 2018, 01:49:12 amYes well "cursor
movement" vs "text search". And the names are not the best either.
I found it by searching for the already assigned key. (there is a
search in the upper right corner).

Jump forward:
Whenever the IDE moves the caret (go to declaration, search, ...) it
adds a "history point"
Yes, that parts works a bit different than it used to in the Borland
Editors, but at least I was able to map this Jump back to Crtl-Q P as
my fingers are programmed to and it works at least with much less
frustration then before. There seem to be some quirks still but I need
to play a bit more with that without concentrating on what I am
actually trying to do to define that a bit better...

in any case, thanks so far,

Ralf