Re: User Key Actions (6.0)

[adrian <stori@xxxxxxxxxx>]

WDSC document parsers may redefine certain keys.  For example, when I'm 
in an RPGLE file, if I enter

  keyAction.enter

on the LPEX command line, it shows that the Enter key is redefined from 
LPEX's default one (it's now action "enterRPG").

Some of these may be customized from Window > Preferences > Remote 
Systems > iSeries > LPEX Editor Parsers (including the DOW 
auto-reformatting I believe)...

Jerry Adams wrote:
> Adrian,
>
> Thanks.  I did have my capitalization wrong for the "backSpace".
>
> However, the "enter" definition is right (newLine).  Reading the Help 
> text I'm not sure that is what I want or not.
> If, as an example, this email was my code and my cursor is positioned 
> before the word "Help" on the line above, in 5.1.2, when I pressed the 
> Enter key a line got inserted below where my cursor was at, nothing 
> happened to the current line, and the cursor was positioned to the next 
> normal line for keying.  This was the default in 5.1.2 because I never 
> set a definition for that key and that's the way 5.1.2 works.  The 
> "newLine" action is acting just like a "splitLine", which most 
> definitely is *not* what I want.
>
> Another "anomaly" that cropped up:
>
> In 5.1.2 when I'm in /free, if I typed a "DOW" and pressed Enter, the 
> associated "ENDDO" was automatically entered.  Annoying in a few 
> instances (like when I'm putting a wrapper around existing code), but 
> overall a good thing (in my opinion).  However, 6.0 doesn't insert the 
> "ENDDO" nor does it automatically indent two spaces into the new line.  
> I tried searching for a Preferences setting but, if it's there, I missed 
> it.
>
> Thanks.
>     * Jerry C. Adams
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>
> adrian wrote:
>
> > Ensure you use correct case for both key names and action names:
> >
> >   Key:       Action:
> >   backSpace  left
> >   enter      newLine
> >
> > Jerry Adams wrote:
> >
> > > I am trying to set a couple of user keys, but they don't seem to be 
> > > taking.
> > >
> > > Window -> Preferences -> LPex editor -> User Key Actions
> > >
> > > There I defined:
> > >    Backspace = Left
> > >    Enter = newline
> > >
> > > This is exactly the way that I have them defined in 5.1.2 and they 
> > > work fine.  I.e., pressing the "Backspace" doesn't erase characters; 
> > > it acts just like the left arrow.  "Enter" doesn't split the line; it 
> > > leaves the current line alone (no matter where the cursor is) and 
> > > creates a new, blank line underneath it.
> > >
> > > I even shutdown 6.0 and restarted.  The definitions are still there, 
> > > but they are not working as expected.