On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 2:01 AM, bartc <b...@freeuk.com> wrote: > However as graphics became more mainstream then yes I did adopt some > commonly expected styles (menubars for example). As for Alt-F4, if that > generates a WM_CLOSE message for example, then I would be obliged to deal > with it.
Yes, it usually does generate that. Why? Because your desktop manager translates concrete user actions into abstract events like "close window" - and does so according to a number of standards. In case you haven't noticed, those standards are not 100% consistent across platforms. So that means that... On Sun, Oct 8, 2017 at 10:46 PM, bartc <b...@freeuk.com> wrote: > On 07/10/2017 15:40, Steve D'Aprano wrote: >> Or you could just follow the expected Unix interface instead of inventing >> your own. > > Your job is to port an editor that people have been using for 30 years to > Linux. The first thing you do is to change all the commands and shortcuts to > match what is typical on Linux? So that no-one who was familiar with it as > it was can actually use it? ... yeah, you absolutely *should* follow your OS's conventions, and you automatically *will* if you're using a properly-designed GUI toolkit. Why should it be different with the console? For instance, anyone on Linux will understand what this prompt notation means: Use config file: [~/.flurblerc] Yep, definitely follow your host platform's conventions. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
