On Jul 7, 11:52 pm, David Sanders <dpsand...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Jul 7, 11:43 pm, "ma...@mendelu.cz" <ma...@mendelu.cz> wrote: > > > > > On 7 čnc, 22:55, David Sanders <dpsand...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > [I am using 'Sage Version 4.4.4, Release Date: 2010-06-23', downloaded > > > a couple of days ago as the Ubuntu 10.04 binary package, used in > > > Kubuntu 10.04.] > > > > I am just starting out with Sage, and I am very impressed over all. > > > But after using it pretty intensively for 2 days, I find that I have a > > > couple of niggles with the notebook interface. > > > > Is there a key combination for deleting the previous word? I see that > > > someone once asked about the Ctrl+Backspace behaviour, which I have to > > > admit I also use a lot (in Kubuntu), so I often find myself > > > accidentally putting together cells I didn't want to. > > > > So: > > > (1) Is there a built-in key combination for deleting a word? Deleting > > > by hand (without the mouse) is tedious without this. I remark that in > > > bash, the combination for this is Alt-Backspace, which seems to me > > > could be a good option either for word deletion, or for cell joining. > > > Hi, I use shift+arrow and then delete keys. > > Ah, that's a good idea. I guess you mean shift+ctrl+arrow (to > highlight the whole word at once) and then backspace. > It's still twice as complicated as, and less natural (for me) than, > ctrl+backspace or alt+backspace, though. >
I also found by accident that ctrl+shift+backspace deletes the current line (at least in Firefox on Kubuntu). It still would be nice to have a "proper" delete previous word key combination, and indeed to have that being configurable by the user. I don't know how difficult that would be. David. > Thanks, > David. > > > > > Robert -- To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URL: http://www.sagemath.org
