Hi Thomas
Thanks for your experiments. It is just for Leo that I want this (I'm
on Linux actually FWIW).
I am next to certain that I tried all of that before, but it was a while
ago and I will experiment again.
I definitely removed the accelerator ampersand without joy. I wonder if
there is a difference between Windows and Linux in this area.
At the moment (don't laugh) I have a top level menu entry called 'Iwndow'
instead of "Window', as a workaround...
I'll do a few experiments in a perhaps more-recent Leo and report back.
Oh, I think you can add a key-binding entry like "Ctrl-S = None # could be
'Nothing'" to turn off defaults.
Thanks, Jon N
On Monday, September 27, 2021 at 4:13:33 AM UTC+1 [email protected] wrote:
> I'm not sure if you would like to remap some keys Windows-wide, or just
> for Leo. If it's Windows-wide, I use a key remapper called *SharpKeys*.
> I use it to swap caps lock and left control keys. It's fairly easy to use,
> and looks like it would remap any keys you like. It remaps the keys before
> any applications get them, so even virtual machines get the remapped keys.
>
> For Leo, with your particular example, I was able to make ALT-W perform
> the *file-save *command by adding an *@shortcut *node to the *@settings* tree
> in myLeoSettings.leo. I also had to remove the ampersand from the "W" in
> the *Windows* menu, which I did in LeoSettings.leo. It worked for trying
> it out, but to do it permanently, it would be better to copy the entire
> *@menus* tree to myLeoSettings.leo and make the change there.
>
> I didn't remap CNTRL-s, so presumably it still also worked as *file-save*.
> I'm not sure how you un-assign those key assignment, or whether a shortcut
> in myLeoSettings.leo overrides them.
>
> In the *@shortcuts* node, here is the key assignment I added to the body
> of the node:
>
> file-save = ALT+w
>
>
> On Sunday, September 26, 2021 at 5:27:54 PM UTC-4 jkn wrote:
>
>> On Sunday, September 26, 2021 at 10:19:35 PM UTC+1 [email protected]
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I think you could take away the ampersand from the menu item; then it
>>> would be available for something else. That's to be found in the menu
>>> settings in LeoSettings.leo.
>>>
>>> IIRC that didn't work (I am used to that kind of thing from Windows/MFC
>> decades ago).
>>
>> I did look at some PyQt subclassing but didn't get very far with it, and
>> (also IIRC; it was a couple of years ago at least) there is more stuff that
>> you might think baked into Qt, or at least was at that time.
>>
>> I would love to be proved wrong...
>>
>> J^n
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Sunday, September 26, 2021 at 2:37:14 PM UTC-4 jkn wrote:
>>>
>>>> This might be a good place to re-mention my occasional IWBNI (It Would
>>>> Be Nice If)...
>>>>
>>>> It Would Be Nice If ... there was a way to change some of the normal
>>>> Window accelerators so as to be able to use ALT-keys for alternative Leo
>>>> commands.
>>>>
>>>> My first use case it to have ALT-W perform File-Write (aka File Save,
>>>> currently CTRL-S). This is for compatibility with my preferred CRiSP/Brief
>>>> key bindings.
>>>>
>>>> I did a bit of experimenting with this ages ago at the PyQt level; but
>>>> at the moment I seem to be stuck with renaming the 'Window' top level menu
>>>> to something else, freeing up the 'W'. Personally it would help me if
>>>> there
>>>> was a way to select not having top level menu accelerators at all.
>>>>
>>>> (I appreciate that this is as much a PyQt issue as a Leo one)
>>>>
>>>> J^n
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Saturday, September 25, 2021 at 11:15:38 PM UTC+1 [email protected]
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Pretty much the same as what I came up with:
>>>>>
>>>>> @settings
>>>>> @menuat /help after
>>>>> @menu &Local
>>>>> @item z-open-freewin
>>>>> ... etc
>>>>>
>>>>> On Saturday, September 25, 2021 at 6:07:11 PM UTC-4 SegundoBob wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 9/25/21 2:55 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>>>>>> > I was able to add a new "Local" menu after Help by using the path
>>>>>> > //help/, I do get a message on the console
>>>>>> createMenusFromConfigList
>>>>>> > no menu Local - do you know why?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Not off the top of my head. Here is the node structure I use without
>>>>>> errors:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> @settings
>>>>>> @menuat help before
>>>>>> @menu &Bob
>>>>>> @menu &Zxtra Editing
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Segundo Bob
>>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>>>
>>>>>
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