Suggestion for correcting the IDE's script editor

[Jon]

Jaque:

Thanks for the polite explanation.  I wondered whether this might have 
been because early Macs did not have function keys (I don't recall: I 
had a Fat Mac decades ago, but then gave up on trying to support both 
platforms).  In that case, the designers had few choices, and I guess 
that <tab> is somewhat non-printing.

Jon


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.
>
>