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Originally Posted by rivviepop
Feature request: status line showing row,column, poistion-in-file like in 'vim' (unix editor). Here's what it looks like on a PC:
The three status items are (filename) (row,column) (position-in-file-percent), it would be great if we could have some of these in BBNotePad so we know where we're at when editing. Here is a mockup of what I think it would look like:
Thanks for listening! |
Good idea for a file that is named "New.txt". But this is not a desktop we're talking about, so it's a bad idea for a file named, say, "Interesting facts.txt". Something that 30 seconds of testing just showed over here.
Besides, what good is it to know what line you're at or how % far you're into the file if there is close to no navigation? There are no command/edit modes, so the space key will always insert a space rather than scroll down quickly. Those 10% up/down navigation options in the menu are useless. No one is going to...
- open menu
- roll down to 10% down option (careful not to miss it)
- click it
... 6 times to scroll down 60%.
A very simple command/edit mode switch would be VERY useful, at least so we could use key shortcuts like N=New, S=Save or C=Close (and scroll down with space), but then that would be just yet another feature in the long list of feature requests this app is going to get.
Because a lot of people have WANTED SOMETHING LIKE THIS FOR SO LONG. But no one had done it until now since RIM makes it really difficult for anyone to develop for the Blackberry platform.
