search

deadpixi / sam

An updated version of the sam text editor.
Other
436 stars 47 forks source link

I-beam cursor for text selection? #59

Closed Screwtapello closed 7 years ago

Screwtapello commented 7 years ago

I'm playing with Sam to learn more about minimalist text editing, but one thing that keeps tripping me up is that my text selections wind up off-by-one because I'm not used to selecting text with an arrow pointer.

Would it be possible to make sam switch to the I-beam cursor when it's over a text-window, or is the arrow-pointer supposed to be part of the charm, like the way the cursor keys don't actually move the insertion point by default?

deadpixi commented 7 years ago

The arrow is supposed to be evocative of the original cursor shape back on the old Blit terminal.

But you're right, we're modernizing sam a bit here. I went ahead and modified samterm to use the ibeam cursor for text, and the arrow only for menus. Please try the latest master and close this issue if it works for you. Thanks!

Screwtapello commented 7 years ago

Looks good to me, thanks!