On Mon, 30 Sep 2013 10:38:36 -0700 (PDT) Chris George <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Terry, > > I guess it does. > > It may seem silly, as I could just type the *, but Shift-8 isn't baked into > muscle memory, Ctrl-b is. Sure, I was just confirming that was what you meant. I haven't used Emacs for years and years, but I still shift-ctrl-% for find/replace (was that emacs? or something else?) and sometimes ctrl-x c for save? I don't remember, only my fingers do. Will try and find time to suss out those bindings. Cheers -Terry > It boils down to being able to replicate those standard word processing > shortcuts in the edit pane and having them not conflict with other key > combos in Leo. Abstracting it to other markup languages would be cool as > well, some people like RST, some people like Markdown. Everyone can use > Ctrl-b. > > Ckeditor looks interesting, but it isn't the buttons that matter. I rarely > use the mouse for marking up text. > > Chris > > On Monday, September 30, 2013 10:12:01 AM UTC-7, Terry wrote: > > > > On Mon, 30 Sep 2013 09:55:04 -0700 > > Chris George <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > > > > > Hi Terry, > > > > > > Almost. That plus the ability to be writing along and hit Ctrl-b s u d d > > e > > > n l y Ctrl-b and continue on. > > > > Which boils down to Ctrl-b inserting '*' if there's no selection? > > > > Cheers -Terry > > > > > I had Leo working to the extent that I could type suddenly Ctrl-Alt-b > > and > > > have it retroactively add the markup but it was simply too much of a > > leap > > > to change my work habits. Body memory takes years to develop and is not > > > trivial to attempt to change. > > > > > > A set of keybindings that mimic the standard word processing key > > bindings > > > that then markup the text using RST or Markdown would be a huge step > > > forward for me in using Leo. Right now I try to find time to fiddle and > > > play with it, but that has been going on for almost two years now and I > > > have yet to commit to any serious work in Leo. > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 9:40 AM, Terry Brown > > > <[email protected]<javascript:>>wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 30 Sep 2013 09:31:25 -0700 > > > > Chris George <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I need basic text formatting at the standard hot key level. ie. > > Ctrl-B > > > > for > > > > > bold, Ctrl-I for italic etc. while in the edit window. > > > > > > > > [...] > > > > > > > > > I don't > > > > > need WSIWYG, RST markup works fine as it gives me lots of output > > options. > > > > > > > > So Leo has support for CKEditor http://ckeditor.com/demo build in > > now, > > > > although there are probably key binding conflicts for some of the keys > > > > you mention. > > > > > > > > But I'm wondering if wondering if what you're saying, if you're ok > > > > using RST, is that you want to editing text and have > > > > > > > > ...then, suddenly, the... > > > > > > > > highlight 'suddenly', hit Ctrl-B, and have it become > > > > > > > > ...then, *suddenly*, the... > > > > > > > > i.e. RST markup for "bold". Is that the goal? > > > > > > > > Cheers -Terry > > > > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups > > > > "leo-editor" group. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > an > > > > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > > [email protected]<javascript:>. > > > > > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. > > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
