Steve Lamb wrote: > > Wednesday, May 24, 2000, 1:27:53 PM, Keith wrote: > >> One downside of vim that I just remembered, be careful the need for > >> slamming the ESC key. Windows likes to think it means "shut this window > >> NOW!" > >> and if you have the confirmation turned off you lose messages in your > >> Windows > >> email client. Normally I don't wack the ESC key unless I am doing code. > >> See > >> above. ;) > >> > > ?? Must be program-dependent. Haven't had Windows do this. Typically, > > I'm using vim within a Windows telnet client. > > Telnet clients are exceptions, really. Pretty much everything /except/ > ALT keys (and even then...) are passed through unmolested. However the > defailt behavior of esc on base windows productivity apps is close the window. > Try it on others. :) > Interesting. Not true with anything Netscape, not true with Microsoft Word or IE. However, it is true with the new message window in Outlook.
Traditionally escape is a shortcut for cancelling a dialog box (or a menu). I really think the Outlook window thing violates Microsoft's own standards, since the window is not a modal dialog returning a status back to the main window code (i.e., you can still do stuff in the main Outlook window independently). But look how it has a 'save and close' button. Is this thing a dialog or not?! There actually were strict, documented interface standards that were pretty much followed, back in the Win 3.1 days. :-/
