On Fri, 23 Nov 2012 05:42:22 -0800, Michael Herrmann wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> the emails are getting kind of long so to ask you briefly: What do you
> think of splitting `type` into two functions `press` and `enter`?
This invites confusion as to the rules of when you can call `press` and
when you can call `enter`. Especially since you haven't explained the
rules, just given a bunch of non-exhaustive examples and invited people
to extrapolate what the rules are.
(By the way, they aren't use-cases, they're examples.)
> Their use cases are:
> press(CTRL + 'a')
> press(ENTER)
> press(ALT + 'f', 's')
> enter("Hello World!")
> enter("test.txt", into="File name")
Is `press('s')` allowed?
What about `press('S')`, or do I have to write `press(SHIFT + 's')`?
If I can write `press(ALT + 'f', 's')`, can I write `press('f', 's')`? If
not, why not?
Can I write `press('fs')` as a simpler version of `press('f', 's')`? If
not, why not?
Can I write `press(CTRL + 'i')` to get a tab? How about `press('\t')`?
If I want three tabs, can I write `press('\t\t\t')`, or do I have to write
press(CTRL + 'i')
press(CTRL + 'i')
press(CTRL + 'i')
If I want a tab, a letter, and a newline, repeated three times, can I do
this?
press("""\tA
\tB
\tC
""")
Or do I have to do this?
press(CTRL + 'i')
enter('A')
press(CTRL + 'i')
enter('B')
press(CTRL + 'i')
enter('C')
Speaking of enter, how do I type "Hello World!" without entering it? If I
want to type "Hello World!" without ENTER, do I have to do this?
press('H')
press('e')
press('l')
press('l')
... you get the picture
With a function named "press", I would expect to be able to say:
press('a')
time.sleep(5)
release('a')
How do I do something like that?
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Steven
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