those 2 have thrown me off for years so i'm thinking of adding the "children/siblings" suffixes to the commands in leoInteg ;)
On Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 4:14:06 PM UTC-4, Félix wrote: > > Ah! So it should be understood/named as "promote children" (its children > become siblings) and "demote siblings" (siblings become its children) > > ... if I got it right? > > -- > Félix > > On Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 1:29:33 PM UTC-4, Edward K. Ream wrote: >> >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 4, 2020 at 4:44 AM Vedran Čačić <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> when I start Leo, sometimes it opens the default document (with the >>> help), sometimes it opens the last opened one, and sometimes it just opens >>> new document. I still haven't been able to see when each of these happens. >> >> >> When you don't specify a file, Leo should open the last file or files you >> were editing previously. The first time you open Leo, Leo will open the >> workbook file. >> >> Second, inserting nodes. Yes, I know I can press Insert. But whether it >>> will insert new root node or a child of already selected one (or even a >>> child of last node) seems simply random. >>> >> >> Leo will insert a new node as the first child of the presently selected >> node (c.p) if and only if c.p has children *and* c.p is already showing >> its children. In practice, this behavior is natural. >> >> I still don't understand what Promote and Demote does, >> >> >> By default, F11 is bound to help-for-command. F11 promote shows: >> >> "Make all children of the selected nodes siblings of the selected node." >> >> So the promote command does nothing unless c.p has children (hidden or >> not). >> >> F11 demote shows: >> >> Make all following siblings children of the selected node. >> >> So demote does nothing unless c.p has siblings that follow c.p. >> >> not to mention that on my keyboard Ctrl+{ and Ctrl+} doesn't work (it >>> probably works only on US keyboard). >> >> >> Ctrl+{ means Ctrl+Shift+[ and Ctrl+} means Ctrl+Shift+] >> >> I really think there should be an easy way to move the nodes around, >>> after all it seems like a main feature of Leo. >> >> >> There are many ways to do this, all of them straightforward. I usually >> move nodes with Shift-Arrow keys. This works provided the outline pane has >> focus. >> >> Fourth, help is abysmal. None of the above things I could find in help. >>> Example: I press F1, and get (it's not even copy-pasteable?!): >>> >> >> I agree, help could be improved. I'm glad you asked for help here. >> >> Edward >> > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/3b987b90-1189-4f86-af48-85fecbee5f79o%40googlegroups.com.
