Posted by Stephan Eggermont-3 on Sep 21, 2015; 9:22pm
URL: https://forum.world.st/A-keyboard-controlled-code-editor-how-difficult-would-that-be-tp4851368p4851401.html

On 21-09-15 21:05, Andrew Glynn wrote:
> I'm not sure that those developers will ever be happy with Smallltalk.  Unless
> you can do everything in VI and compile on the command line, they feel there's
> something wrong.

To me the prototype confirms that we could create an interface that is
mostly keyboard controlled and still makes reasonable use of the large
amount of screen real estate that a modern desktop offers.

I was inspired by the old user interface of MindManager that supported
editing and navigating a mindmap totally with the keyboard, switching
between navigation and editing mode. On a large screen, we'll be able to
provide enough hints on what keys do what, to make the interface
discoverable.

Stephan