This used to be available by simply pressing F12, but the feature was not being particularly well maintained and its shockingly scary for a novice user to (accidentally) press F12 and have Abiword start acting crazy. When i was a novice user i rember the concept of 'Insert' and 'Replace' (aka Over-Write) being confusing. i always expected the default 'Insert' mode, even though that was a very long time ago i can still empathise with users who would be terrified by accidentally turning on emacs keybindings.
You can edit your Abiword.profile to turn on vi/emacs keybindings, which is not an unreasonable thing to expect of a vi/emacs user. (emacs is only easy when you know how, if even then) The other shortcuts - such as Ctrl + N for a new window - are all carefully chosen to resemble Microsoft Word, unless it particularly makes a lot of sense to do otherwise. (Ctrl is the command key on windows and my dist. of Linux, on a Mac, BeOS, etc your command key may vary) So if you want it to be easily switchable ask the developers and they will probably tell you what i just said, and although i think it is highly unlikely they might re-enable F12 to switch keybinding modes. On Mon, 12 Nov 2001, Hendrik Schulze wrote: > Hi Froods, My name is not Froods and i have no idea who he is, but ive replied to your message anyway. (only half serious) > first Time usinig your product, THX... despite still being a _product_, abiword is currently run entirely by volunteers. > One of my first problems was, I do not know what kind of shortcuts to use... > Sure, I could read the docu... but here a suggestion to think about: Hmm, i think i see the real answer to your problems. Your destroying my stereotypical idea of an emacs user. > how about a option in the preferences, were I could change the profile > of hotkeys by a simply select an other scheme. > > Example: > I like the emacs- shortcuts and it is a great bonus for acceptance of maybe, but i think the vast majority of our users or on Microsoft Windows and the fact that Abiword is XP and does not try and force me to use a particular OS is what i think is killer (because proportionately there are so many more MS users to choose from) ((i realise the emacs runs on just about everything)) > abiword if I could SIMPLY > choose this behaviour by a mouseclick. customisable menus may be available by v1.0, maybe you could create plugin button on the toolbar. > Sombody else might prefer another scheme and he has the same problem... > > So long Hendrik > > > -- > Hendrik Schulze [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Im Allgemeinen habe ich keine Probleme, > das zu bekommen, was ich nicht will! ----------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
