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Re: git-gui: commit message box doesn't respond to enter (only return)

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 26, 2010, 20:38 UTC
Message-ID
<20101126203855.GA23258@burratino>
In-Reply-To
<20101126170956.25856.63131.reportbug@alsuren-thinkpad.cbg.collabora.co.uk>
Hi Pat,
David Laban wrote at http://bugs.debian.org/605041:
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> Package: git-gui
> Version: 1:1.7.2.3-2
> Severity: minor
>
> If I click into the messagebox and hit enter, nothing happens.
>
> This is annoying because if I'm adding a new paragraph to my commit message, 
> I will often do <click> <enter><enter> <start typing as normal>
>
> Don't ask me why I do this. I think enter is a lighter/easier to press
> key than return, and is also on the path that my hand takes between the mouse
> and the rest of the keyboard.
>
> I have also provisionally reported the following bug in tk, but I feel like
> a bit of a n00b for doing so.
>
> http://sf.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3119824&group_id=12997&atid=112997

I can't reproduce this because this laptop does not have a distinct "numpad enter" key.

Thoughts? Jonathan

Next: Konstantin Khomoutov
Message 1 of 3 in “Re: git-gui: commit message box doesn't respond to enter (only return)”
  1. Jonathan NiederNov 26, 2010
  2. Konstantin KhomoutovNov 26, 2010
  3. Pat ThoytsDec 6, 2010

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