[Lazarus] the new menu "source"

[Juha Manninen]

michael.vancanneyt at wisa.be kirjoitti torstai 17 maaliskuu 2011 11:49:51:
> On Thu, 17 Mar 2011, Alexander Klenin wrote:
> > I'd vote for Ctrl+Shift+E:
> > 1) Delphi compatibility (it is importatnt for me at least, at times I
> > have to switch IDE's every 15 minutes)
> > 2) IMO F2 is too prominent for this
> 
> It depends on the key mapping. In "classic IDE", F2 means "save file",
> as it has been since 198X in the old Turbo Pascal IDEs
> 
> So F2 is not really a good choice.

Ok, the classic theme is not used by default but it can be selected from 
Options -> Key mappings.
I think it is not compatible with recent Delphis either.
Note also that I have NOT changed the classic theme.

In the default theme F2 was not used for anything. IMO the most logical use is 
to rename a variable. In file managers it is already a standard, on many 
platforms. This makes it very intuitive. You are in source editor and want to 
rename -> press F2.

Renaming an identifier is a prominent feature, it deserves a prominent 
shortcut.

Ctrl+Shift+E still works in default theme, too. The key mapping luckily 
supports alternative shortcuts.
The only visible difference is that now F2 shows in the menu item caption 
because I set F2 as the choice number one. If I reverse the order then menu 
caption shows Ctrl+Shift+E and nobody will notice a difference unless he 
actually presses F2.

I feel that more default shortcuts should be defined. They don't hurt anybody.
And indeed, you can always change the key mapping.

Juha