Re: Correct group for WDM development??

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Not quite. The main edit window is in that mode, but the rest of the screen
is in command mode. It will respond to command sequences and mouse
activity. Most of us have given up on the old 80x25 mainframe terminal.
Why not have both modes at once? It is expected and normal.

"BobF" <rNfOrSePeAzMe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 1 Jun 2005 14:18:19 +0800, Isaac Chen wrote:
>
>> I'm kind of confused. VC++ has that "mode", isn't it? It's the default
>> mode so you don't have to hit I to be in that mode. You have to hit
>> [Ins] to switch to "overwrite mode", the one you seemed to classify
>> as exception.
>>
>> But it also has lots of "command modes", like CTRL-F (Find),
>> CTRL-H (Replace), CTRL-P (Print) among many others that
>> you must be more familiar with than I am.
>>
>> I must have seriously misunderstanding of your modal vs modeless
>> analogy?
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Isaac Chen
>>
>> "Maxim S. Shatskih" <maxim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:OYxJDudZFHA.2288@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Care to explain why vi is modal, while VC++ editor is modeless UIs?
>>>
>>> vi has insert mode (hit I).
>
> vi has two basic modes; edit and command. Before you hit 'i' to insert
> text, vi will try to interpret *everything* you type as a command.
>
> In VS, you're always in edit mode. Yes, <CTRL><F> is a command, but it
> doesn't really switch the mode of the editor - it just takes you out to a
> utility. When you return from the utility, the VS editor is still in edit
> mode. It must be a lot harder to explain than it really is. Download a
> copy of vim and take it for a spin. The differences will be obvious.


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