Openmoko Bug #1578: backstroke should delete entire entry, not just one letter at a time

[Openmoko Public Trac]

#1578: backstroke should delete entire entry, not just one letter at a time
-------------------------+--------------------------------------------------
 Reporter:  will         |        Owner:  raster at openmoko.org
     Type:  enhancement  |       Status:  closed             
 Priority:  normal       |    Milestone:  ASU                
Component:  E - Illume   |      Version:                     
 Severity:  normal       |   Resolution:  wontfix            
 Keywords:  keyboard     |     Blocking:                     
Blockedby:               |  
-------------------------+--------------------------------------------------
Changes (by raster):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => wontfix


Comment:

 This is not actually possible given standard keyboard input. as best i
 know even xinput and complex input systems can't do this, so i have to
 mark this as "wontfix". the ONLY way todo this is to go to every toolkit
 and extend it with a "delete previous word" command that is reliably
 accessible for an input system (qt, gtk, efl etc.) and that's not going to
 be a happening thing any time in the near future (as i either need to
 ASSUME some ctonrol-key sequence like ctl+shift+w or something, or a
 special keycode mapped to a special keysym or need to look at a full input
 method handler like scim/uim etc.). :(

-- 
Ticket URL: <https://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ticket/1578#comment:1>
docs.openmoko.org <http://docs.openmoko.org/trac/>
openmoko trac