On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 1:46 PM, John Culleton <john at wexfordpress.com> wrote:
> On Monday, August 08, 2011 12:17:08 pm a.l.e wrote: > > On 8/8/11 6:01 PM, Gregory Pittman wrote: > > > On 08/08/2011 10:27 AM, John Culleton wrote: > > >> BTW the typeset ellipsis should be added to the list of glyphs > > >> selectable by menu in the Story Editor. I would place it at the > > >> bottom of the list because it is not used that often. > > > > It seems to be a bug, but I find I cannot set any keyboard > shortcuts > > > for quotes or guillemets, or more precisely, I can set them but > it > > > doesn't mean anything when you try to use them. > > > > > > Ellipsis isn't an option, but doesn't seem to matter if settings > > > aren't respected. > > > > > OTOH, I find that Compose key, .. inserts an ellipsis nicely. > > > on mac with a swiss keybard its alt+2 and alt+shift+2... ?like > this? or > > alt+, and alt+shift+,... ?like this? > > > > ciao > > a.l.e > > I don't have a Mac and I don't have a Swiss keyboard, so its two > strikes and I'm out. Since a handful of glyphs not found on any > keyboard are listed under Story Editor->Insert-> glyphs I thought it > handy to add the ellipsis to the list. It is a rarely used glyph but > a perfectly respectable one. > -- > John Culleton > > Given the demand to stay with the "rules" of typography expressed hereon, I'd have to support Mr. Culleton's thoughts that a popular glyth, even if generally used incorrectly, should be a part of the glyphs that may be inserted into a typographical document created with Scribus. -- John Ghormley KJ4UFG Editor, SERA *Repeater Journal* Walkertown, NC USA editor at sera.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.scribus.net/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20110808/6368ea0a/attachment.html>
