When I tried adding an @menu setting in myLeoSettings to replace one in LeoSettings.leo, it messed up the menus. It seemed like all the toplevel menus have to be specified in one or the other set of settings, but not split between them. (That puzzles me a bit, but whatever). Adding new menus and items can be done in myLeoSettings or even in an outline-specific setting.
On Monday, September 27, 2021 at 9:10:41 AM UTC-4 jkn wrote: > Well, this is interesting ... something must have changed since I last > looked at this. > > I actually already have the menu entries in myLeoSettings.le, with the > 'Iwndow' that I was currently using. This must have reflected my previous > attempts. > > I didn't have any ampersands/accelerators at all on that item, but now if > I make it eg: > > w&Indow > > and keep my 'file-save' binding, things seem to work as I originally > expected. > > Something has definitely changed, that would have been the very first > thing I tried. It is just possible that there was some windows/linux > behaviour difference, but I use Leo almost exclusively under Linux at the > moment. > > Anyway, that tweak has improved things for me. Thanks! > > Jon N > > > > On Monday, September 27, 2021 at 8:45:45 AM UTC+1 jkn wrote: > >> 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] >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- 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/ca87e41a-3e68-46fd-a68d-c033a2aed5dbn%40googlegroups.com.
