[plt-scheme] getting to grips with keymaps

From: Martin DeMello (martindemello at gmail.com)
Date: Sun Jul 27 00:28:01 EDT 2008

Thanks! set-keymap is what I was missing, because I was looking in the
Keymap.html and Editor.html docs rather than the editor<%> docs. I
couldn't figure out how to add a keymap to an editor.

What's the problem with on-local-char?

martin

On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 9:07 PM, Robby Findler <robby at cs.uchicago.edu> wrote:
> Using on-local-char is probably not the way you want to do this, but
> you wouldn't need t ochange what is below (unless you wanted to map
> those keys in the keymap).
>
> Did you find the keymap% class and the set-keymap method of the
> editor? If so, is there something specifically that was confusing? (I
> know there is no entry in the guide for keymaps.) Try reading the
> map-function and add-function methods' documentation.
>
> hth,
> Robby
>
> On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 10:51 PM, Martin DeMello
> <martindemello at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I've reached the point where I need to add keymaps to my text editor,
>> and I'm having trouble knowing where to start. (I tried reading
>> through the drscheme sources, but that's a lot to bite off at once,
>> and the documentation is more reference than tutorial). Specifically,
>> I have a list of editable-text% objects (editable-text% subclasses
>> text%) and a list of editor-snip% objects, each holding an
>> editable-text%.
>>
>> Where in all that would I add a keymap, and how? Also, my
>> editable-text% class has the following chunk of code:
>>
>>    (define/override (on-local-char key)
>>      (let ([code (send key get-key-code)])
>>        (cond [(and (equal? code 'down) (last-line?)) (next-editor) ]
>>              [(and (equal? code 'up) (first-line?)) (prev-editor) ]
>>              [else (super on-local-char key)])))
>>
>> would I need to remove that and integrate it with the keymap instead?
>>
>> martin
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