Hi Terry,

I am now running rev. 6082. I have downloaded the ctrl_b_i_u.py file.

Now what?

Chris


On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Terry Brown <[email protected]>wrote:

> On Mon, 30 Sep 2013 12:51:08 -0500
> Terry Brown <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> Quick stab at
> https://github.com/leo-editor/snippets/blob/master/ctrl_b_i_u.py
> not very tested.
>
> Let me know if that works at all.
>
> But... it only works with today's Leo :-} i.e. it uses the just added
> c.user_dict, so either you need to pull from bzr or wait until tomorrow
> and grab from http://www.greygreen.org/leo/
>
> Cheers -Terry
>
> > 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
> > > > > >
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