Re: [Dorset] Problem with CTRL-:
On 14/03/2023 09:26, Peter Merchant wrote: Actually it is CTRL-semicolon. I use it to put date in spreadsheets, and also to add date in Libreoffice documents. I think that it used to work in emails too. It worked for me in LibreOffice Calc, but not in LibreOffice Writer or Thunderbird. For the latter two apps, I got nothing. TBH, I've never felt the need to put the date into a document as plain text; I use Insert: Field: Date in Writer and Insert Date in Calc. -- Terry Coles -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2023-04-04 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
Re: [Dorset] Problem with CTRL-:
Test immediately disappeared when I pressed the send button. Thanks for investigating. On 14/03/2023 07:37, Terry Coles wrote: On 13/03/2023 19:49, Peter Merchant wrote: CTRL-: used to enter the date. I use it a lot. I'm not aware of this functionality. Now it enters an e character [I had to go to another line because I tried to show what it did and I can't get rid of the obnoxious thing] In this email it shows as e Underscore also brought up a whole menu of things like activities/Animals and nature/control. How did you invoke this when it worked; ie in what App and in what context? If you explain this, I'll try it here and see what I get. -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2023-04-04 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
Re: [Dorset] Problem with CTRL-:
Actually it is CTRL-semicolon. I use it to put date in spreadsheets, and also to add date in Libreoffice documents. I think that it used to work in emails too. Here is a test: On 14/03/2023 07:37, Terry Coles wrote: On 13/03/2023 19:49, Peter Merchant wrote: CTRL-: used to enter the date. I use it a lot. I'm not aware of this functionality. Now it enters an e character [I had to go to another line because I tried to show what it did and I can't get rid of the obnoxious thing] In this email it shows as e Underscore also brought up a whole menu of things like activities/Animals and nature/control. How did you invoke this when it worked; ie in what App and in what context? If you explain this, I'll try it here and see what I get. -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2023-04-04 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
Re: [Dorset] Problem with CTRL-:
On 13/03/2023 19:49, Peter Merchant wrote: CTRL-: used to enter the date. I use it a lot. I'm not aware of this functionality. Now it enters an e character [I had to go to another line because I tried to show what it did and I can't get rid of the obnoxious thing] In this email it shows as e Underscore also brought up a whole menu of things like activities/Animals and nature/control. How did you invoke this when it worked; ie in what App and in what context? If you explain this, I'll try it here and see what I get. -- Terry Coles -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2023-04-04 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
