Posters are not nice to writers ... #6731

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Boot · 2024-04-27T10:52:22+02:00

Boot commented

2024-04-27 10:52:22 +02:00

... if you press ESC for some reason, it's all gone
... if you make a tab stop out of sheer habit, it's all gone <--- hate this!!!
... they don't allow for reasonable headings and bulleted lists
... they don't use color
... they don't show pictures (even NPCs can)

... if you press ESC for some reason, it's all gone ... if you make a tab stop out of sheer habit, it's all gone <--- hate this!!! ... they don't allow for reasonable headings and bulleted lists ... they don't use color ... they don't show pictures (even NPCs can)

AliasAlreadyTaken was assigned by Boot

2024-04-27 13:42:21 +02:00

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label 2024-04-27 15:12:21 +02:00

AliasAlreadyTaken commented

2024-04-27 15:20:54 +02:00

... if you press ESC for some reason, it's all gone

That's MT native and we can't do anything about it. If one presses Esc, the text of the formspec is not sent to the server so we can't even temporarily store it. All we could do is store the text on every keypress before, which is expensive network-wise, it means that you send one packet each time you type in one character.

... if you make a tab stop out of sheer habit, it's all gone <--- hate this!!!

needs research what exactly happens when you do that

... they don't allow for reasonable headings and bulleted lists

Could be done if the display formspec was changed to html

... they don't use color

Could be done if the display formspec was changed to html

... they don't show pictures (even NPCs can)

Could be done if the display formspec was changed to html

> ... if you press ESC for some reason, it's all gone That's MT native and we can't do anything about it. If one presses Esc, the text of the formspec is not sent to the server so we can't even temporarily store it. All we could do is store the text on every keypress before, which is expensive network-wise, it means that you send one packet each time you type in one character. > ... if you make a tab stop out of sheer habit, it's all gone <--- hate this!!! needs research what exactly happens when you do that > ... they don't allow for reasonable headings and bulleted lists Could be done if the display formspec was changed to html > ... they don't use color Could be done if the display formspec was changed to html > ... they don't show pictures (even NPCs can) Could be done if the display formspec was changed to html

Boot commented

2024-04-27 15:58:15 +02:00

So there is no hope for ESC. Ok, but hope for three other good points at will be worth to wait for.

... if you make a tab stop out of sheer habit, it's all gone <--- hate this!!!

needs research what exactly happens when you do that

How can I help with it? It just inside many editors and wording programs, a tab means go a little bit further right. So it is in my head and in my fingers faster as I can image: don't do this, because its Minetest here ...

So there is no hope for ESC. Ok, but hope for three other good points at will be worth to wait for. > > ... if you make a tab stop out of sheer habit, it's all gone <--- hate this!!! > > needs research what exactly happens when you do that How can I help with it? It just inside many editors and wording programs, a tab means go a little bit further right. So it is in my head and in my fingers faster as I can image: don't do this, because its Minetest here ...

Bla commented

2024-04-27 16:39:27 +02:00

So there is no hope for ESC. Ok, but hope for three other good points at will be worth to wait for.

... if you make a tab stop out of sheer habit, it's all gone <--- hate this!!!

needs research what exactly happens when you do that

How can I help with it? It just inside many editors and wording programs, a tab means go a little bit further right. So it is in my head and in my fingers faster as I can image: don't do this, because its Minetest here ...

Let me guess you set your Inventory key to "TAB"?

> So there is no hope for ESC. Ok, but hope for three other good points at will be worth to wait for. > > > > ... if you make a tab stop out of sheer habit, it's all gone <--- hate this!!! > > > > needs research what exactly happens when you do that > > How can I help with it? It just inside many editors and wording programs, a tab means go a little bit further right. So it is in my head and in my fingers faster as I can image: don't do this, because its Minetest here ... > > Let me guess you set your Inventory key to "TAB"?

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Boot commented

2024-04-27 19:06:59 +02:00

Let me guess you set your Inventory key to "TAB"?

Sure, I did ... You can combine like Sherlock!
But with an open poster I never thought this could have any influence.

> Let me guess you set your Inventory key to "TAB"? Sure, I did ... You can combine like Sherlock! But with an open poster I never thought this could have any influence.

Bla commented

2024-04-27 20:22:40 +02:00

Personal experience 😉
Minetest gets confused if you set your Inventory key to "TAB" and then try to use it inside an input field and ends up closing the current open formspec, you got 2 options to either get used to it or a different inventory key.

Personal experience 😉 Minetest gets confused if you set your Inventory key to "TAB" and then try to use it inside an input field and ends up closing the current open formspec, you got 2 options to either get used to it or a different inventory key.

Boot commented

2024-04-27 20:44:20 +02:00

Well, quickly changing the key assignment is not a big deal. That's why I've made it short. In the case of a poster, the deferred TAB (and again "i" in the inventory) does what it does in some other programs (such as the browser), namely hopping from input field to input field. After all, it doesn't close the poster and nothing can be lost. So, if I want to edit posters, I can change the keyboard layout for a short time. But the decision to set the inventory to "Tab" was a good decision that I will definitely not undo.

tour commented

2024-04-28 22:13:52 +02:00

... they don't allow for reasonable headings and bulleted lists
... they don't use color

Just throwing a mod in here I once found on CDB... Haven't really tested it through...
https://content.minetest.net/packages/Thresher/markdown_poster/

> ... they don't allow for reasonable headings and bulleted lists ... they don't use color Just throwing a mod in here I once found on CDB... Haven't really tested it through... https://content.minetest.net/packages/Thresher/markdown_poster/

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