[racket-dev] change default binding of c:x; c:w to "save definitions as..." ?

On Mar 21, 2011, at 12:38 PM, Gregory Woodhouse wrote:

> On a Mac, save as should be shift-command-S. I'd vote for using this keybinding for "Save Definitions As...".

I'm okay with that, and I could train my fingers, but how does that play on other platforms?  IIUC, DrRacket doesn't currently parameterize the keybindings by platform in a way that would make a platform-specific mapping straightforward.

John Clements

> 
> On Mar 21, 2011, at 12:10 PM, Robby Findler wrote:
> 
>> It looks like c:x;c:s is also doing the wrong thing by that measure.
>> 
>> It feels a little bit strange to change it, since Emacs users are used
>> to saving the current buffer, but your rationale is definitely
>> compelling.
>> 
>> Robby
>> 
>> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 2:02 PM, John Clements
>> <clements at brinckerhoff.org> wrote:
>>> I've been bitten several times now by the mapping of c:x;c:w to "save file as..."; it looks to me like this isn't even available via menus any more[*], having been replaced by the (much more sensible) "save definitions as..." and "save interactions as...". Moreover, AFAICT there's no default keybinding for "Save Definitions As...".
>>> 
>>> Would anyone object to the remapping of c:x;c:w to "Save Definitions As..." by default?
>>> 
>>> Horror stories of data loss available on request, though you can probably guess how they arise.
>>> 
>>> John
>>> 
>>> [*] if in fact it ever was,
>>> 
>>> 
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