On 3/28/06 at 7:55 AM, Curt Clifton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gregory, > > I prefer to use the keyboard for common commands, but I have some > > pretty awkward commands mapped to things that are "secondary." My > > most frequently used items fill up the easy to hit key sets. In > > Emacs, these are extended to a second layer rather than hitting a > > slew of characters at once. > > Being a convert from Emacs myself, I've used Quicksilver to get a > bunch more key bindings. I've created a Quicksilver trigger that > brings up the command palette, but just focus on the BBEdit Scripts > directory and subdirectories. Then within the BBEdit Scripts > directories I've created Applescripts for the things that I want to > access with sequences of keystrokes. > > For example, to select the contents of a LaTeX environment I have a > script called Balance Environment (like Balance Tag for HTML). To > activate it, I hit Ctrl-Opt-Cmd-Space (i.e., mash the bottom row of > the keyboard), then type "balen-<return>". Quicksilver fires the > script and BBEdit does its thing. > > It's a bit of work to set up, but with the record script feature in > BBEdit, it's quite nice. This is especially so if you are already > using Quicksilver. > > Cheers, > > Curt >
Interesting approach; I will give it a whirl. I haven't taken a look at Quicksilver for a long time since it kept crashing when I tried it. -Gregory -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Have a feature request? Not sure the software's working correctly? If so, please send mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not to the list. List FAQ: <http://www.barebones.com/support/lists/bbedit_talk.shtml> List archives: <http://www.listsearch.com/BBEditTalk.lasso> To unsubscribe, send mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
