Bug 76252

Description Ken Larson 2004-10-14 09:33:34 EDT

We hit ctrl F very often to do searches, and it turned out that serveral of us
using the GTK version were accidentally checking in code that had been
reformatted.  We were unaware of the key binding Esc-ctrl-F, and it turns out
that there can be a long delay between when you hit esc and when you hit ctrl F.
 The only symptom you see is that the find dialog doesn't come up.  And you'll
see your code get reformatted, but this is not always obvious if your existing
format is already close to the new format.

1. I'm not sure why the GTK version uses Esc ctrl F as a binding but the windows
version does not.  I'd suggest that the GTK version match the windows version in
this respect.

2. I just realized why I've gotten in the bad habit of hitting the esc key one
too many times sometimes: some things, like the autocomplete, sometimes respond
too slowly to the esc key.  Hit ctrl space, then esc, and in some cases this
takes like a second for the pop up to go away.  So i instinctively hit the esc
key again, thinking it didnt take.

So to sum up: As long as eclipse has speed and responsiveness problems, which
quite frankly it still does very often, key sequences that begin with esc should
not be enabled by default.  esc is used for too many other things, and the
chance of accidentally going into esc mode is too high.

Thanks.