I just want Visual Studio keybindings!

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vector - 28 Jul 2005 00:18 GMT

I'm a C# developer trying to make my way into Java on Linux. I know Java
well enough, but I can't find an IDE to satisfy me. Netbeans seems slow
and is just plain ugly to my eyes. Eclipse isn't too bad, though I'm
disgruntled by having to change "perspectives" to debug something.

What really makes me sad, though, is that I don't see any obvious place in
either application to change my keybindings to the ones I'm used to from
Visual Studio. I know that will probably displease most of you Linux guys,
but a man gets attached to his keybindings, you know? Honestly, there's
people out there who still live and die by the Brief keys, fer fooks sake.

I'm about ready to buy Visual Slickedit for Linux. It's costly, but I sure
know my way around it... Can anybody help me to feel more at home here?
I'd prefer to get Eclipse working right (by my standards)...

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Dale King - 28 Jul 2005 04:56 GMT

> I'm a C# developer trying to make my way into Java on Linux. I know Java
> well enough, but I can't find an IDE to satisfy me. Netbeans seems slow
> and is just plain ugly to my eyes. Eclipse isn't too bad, though I'm
> disgruntled by having to change "perspectives" to debug something.

You don't "have" to change perspectives. It's a lot easier in my mind,
but you can stay in your current perspective. You can then open any view
in your current perspective.

In particular, check out the settings under Window > Preferences... >
Run/Debug.

> What really makes me sad, though, is that I don't see any obvious place in
> either application to change my keybindings to the ones I'm used to from
> Visual Studio. I know that will probably displease most of you Linux guys,
> but a man gets attached to his keybindings, you know? Honestly, there's
> people out there who still live and die by the Brief keys, fer fooks sake.

Window > Preferences... > General > Keys

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vector - 28 Jul 2005 05:22 GMT

>> What really makes me sad, though, is that I don't see any obvious place
>> in either application to change my keybindings to the ones I'm used to
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> Window > Preferences... > General > Keys

Ok, but I only see two choices in there: default and emacs. I see where I
can export the current set of keybindings under the view tab, but I don't
see any place where I can import something that's been saved out.

I realise I can redefine all my keymaps by hand, but, um, yuck. Isn't there
a less intensive way to do that?

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I just want Visual Studio keybindings!

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