Re: Switching styles

From: msevior@physics.unimelb.edu.au
Date: Sat Aug 30 2003 - 10:20:01 EDT

  • Next message: Ted Parks: "Re: Switching styles"

    > On Thursday 28 August 2003 10:38 am, Ted Parks wrote:
    >> Is there a way to switch quickly from one style to another in AbiWord?
    >> I want to use the numbered headings to create outlines, but using the
    >> mouse to change styles is slow.
    >>
    >> Does AbiWord have the ability to assign keystrokes to simple macros?
    >
    > I searched bugzilla, and found bug 3920: Styles Shortcuts
    > (http://bugzilla.abisource.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3920) that addresses
    > this, so the answer is no, this facility does not exist in AbiWord at
    > this time. I added a few votes, suggest you do the same.
    >

    This got me thinking thinking for a post 2.0 feature. Alt-S Selects style
    drop down box, naviagte it with up/down arrows, select with return.

    We'd need to define a simple way to escape this if a user accidently
    enabled the feature since it would basically steal the keyboard focus.

    Maybe clicking anywhere witht eh mouse would put the focus back in abiword.

    >> What are AbiWord's macro capabilities?
    >
    > I'm not at all clear on that myself, so can offer no response.
    >

    Write them in perl, python or C as a plugin. Sorry we don't record
    keyboard strokers for replay.

    It would be simple enough to do but we've just had too many other things
    to do.

    Martin

    > regards,
    > Randy Kramer
    >
    >
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