Suggestion for correcting the IDE's script editor

[Thomas McGrath III]

I don't know Jacqueline, I found it right away since I wanted to become 
proficient with Rev and naturally looked up the shortcuts.

tab seemed natural to me coming from SC and HC before that.

Tom

On Jun 29, 2005, at 12:06 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote:

> On 6/28/05 5:54 PM, Jon wrote:
>
> > And, BTW, I NEVER would have guessed that the <tab> key did ANYTHING
> > other than enter <tab> characters into the text.  This is a great
> > example of a totally bizarre UI that you folks have become so used to
> > that you can't see the strangeness of it.
>
> Not an excuse, but an explanation: HyperCard started this convention 
> 20 years ago. SuperCard took it up to be compatible and continued it. 
> When MetaCard came along, it too adopted the same tab-key behavior. 
> Revolution continues the long tradition. So, there have been four 
> x-talk IDEs that use this convention spanning many years. And that's 
> why.
>
> In Revolution, it is mentioned in the Help menu -> Quick Reference 
> Guides -> Shortcut Reference. I admit this isn't easy to find.
>
>
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