Thanks for the reply! I certainly see why you wouldn't disable this feature when it has been well established. Looking back at 1.1, it seems those buttons didn't react to Alt+2 etc at all at that time, while Ctrl+2 etc worked for initial grading. (I was coincidentally reminded of the Ctrl functionality just now, when a tip mentioning it popped up in 2.5.)
I may look into your keyboard layout suggestion, thanks again! -- Best regards OleM On Tuesday, September 5, 2017 at 9:36:45 AM UTC+2, Peter Bienstman wrote: > Hi, > > 1.1 is almost ten years old, congratulations on upgrading :-) > > As you've noticed, many things have changed. E.g., now there's a keyboard > shortcut so that people can select an initial grade when adding cards. I > cannot turn off this feature without upsetting people who have been using it > since 2012 :-) > > But can I suggest that you work with different keyboard layouts in Windows? > Switching between keyboard layouts can be done with a keypress as well, and > then keypresses will be interpreted as happening on that new layout. In terms > of total number of keypresses required to input a certain character, it > should be roughly equivalent to Alt+0xxxx method, but obviously requires you > to relearn some things. > > Cheers, > > Peter > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: 04 September 2017 20:32 > To: mnemosyne-proj-users <[email protected]> > Subject: [mnemosyne-proj-users] Alt+numpad character codes no longer working > > Hello -- > > First of all, thanks to Peter for a great piece of software I've used for > eight years now! Today, having recently acquired a new computer, I finally > took the plunge and upgraded from version 1.1, which I've been using all this > time. On this change, I've encountered one snag which is certainly not > critical, but nevertheless slightly annoying. > > Being a Windows user, I've become accustomed to using the "Alt+0xxx" way of > entering characters not directly available on the keyboard. For instance, if > I need the character "ç", I hold the Alt key while typing "0231" on the > numpad (as I did just there in this sentence). Now, when I tried to enter a > new question with a "ç" to my database, the question field just cleared, so > that it contained only the "ç" when I'd punched Alt+0231. > > A couple of experiments revealed what had happened: At the moment I pressed > the "2" on the numpad while holding the Alt key, the GUI treated this as a > push of the "2" button, and entered the card. For whatever reason, this did > not happen in version 1.1; there, the initial-grade buttons did not react > while entering an Alt-code. > > Does anyone know a workaround for this? As I said, I guess it's not really a > big deal, but it is a bit disruptive until I've got used to the change... > > Thanks for any enlightenment you can provide! > > -- > OleM > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "mnemosyne-proj-users" 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]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mnemosyne-proj-users/023150e4-65ba-4656-8f0e-f58359d8d932%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mnemosyne-proj-users/fb5c1d4f-2639-464d-b691-4ee3c6bf9bb5%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
