Re: Shortcuts for symbols in text
Am Samstag, 21. Juli 2018 12:38:42 CEST schrieb Richard Kimberly Heck : > On 07/21/2018 12:25 PM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > > Le 21/07/2018 à 17:47, Richard Kimberly Heck a écrit : > >> On 07/21/2018 09:56 AM, Tank Panzer wrote: > >>> In LyX one can cunfigure the shortcuts and even add new ones under > >>> preferences. > >>> Like I was able to add a new shortcut by typing "math-insert \bullet" > >>> and passing a shortcut to it > >>> > >>> I would like to know if it is possible to add shortcuts to normal > >>> symbols in text, like "\textbullet" which i am able to add through the > >>> UI with mouse. > >>> I tryed to type "insert \textbullet" and few others, but it said > >>> "wrong LyX function". > >>> Do you know what i need to type? > >> > >> Try self-insert. But you will have to do something special with the > >> backslash, I think? > > > > Why a backslash? The best would be "self-insert ⦁" > > I had the general case in mind, but of course one can just directly > insert such symbols. > > Note, for other readers (JMarc knows this), that you can also use > unicode-insert and give the unicode value. > > Riki > This looks like latex, so I would try command-sequence ert-insert; self-insert \textbullet;char-forward Kornel signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: Shortcuts for symbols in text
On 07/21/2018 12:25 PM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > Le 21/07/2018 à 17:47, Richard Kimberly Heck a écrit : >> On 07/21/2018 09:56 AM, Tank Panzer wrote: >>> In LyX one can cunfigure the shortcuts and even add new ones under >>> preferences. >>> Like I was able to add a new shortcut by typing "math-insert \bullet" >>> and passing a shortcut to it >>> >>> I would like to know if it is possible to add shortcuts to normal >>> symbols in text, like "\textbullet" which i am able to add through the >>> UI with mouse. >>> I tryed to type "insert \textbullet" and few others, but it said >>> "wrong LyX function". >>> Do you know what i need to type? >> >> Try self-insert. But you will have to do something special with the >> backslash, I think? > > Why a backslash? The best would be "self-insert ⦁" I had the general case in mind, but of course one can just directly insert such symbols. Note, for other readers (JMarc knows this), that you can also use unicode-insert and give the unicode value. Riki
Re: Shortcuts for symbols in text
Le 21/07/2018 à 17:47, Richard Kimberly Heck a écrit : On 07/21/2018 09:56 AM, Tank Panzer wrote: In LyX one can cunfigure the shortcuts and even add new ones under preferences. Like I was able to add a new shortcut by typing "math-insert \bullet" and passing a shortcut to it I would like to know if it is possible to add shortcuts to normal symbols in text, like "\textbullet" which i am able to add through the UI with mouse. I tryed to type "insert \textbullet" and few others, but it said "wrong LyX function". Do you know what i need to type? Try self-insert. But you will have to do something special with the backslash, I think? Why a backslash? The best would be "self-insert ⦁" JMarc
RE: Shortcuts for symbols in text
See, I was wrong. :-) -chris From: Richard Kimberly Heck Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2018 5:47 PM To: Tank Panzer; lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Subject: Re: Shortcuts for symbols in text On 07/21/2018 09:56 AM, Tank Panzer wrote: > In LyX one can cunfigure the shortcuts and even add new ones under > preferences. > Like I was able to add a new shortcut by typing "math-insert \bullet" > and passing a shortcut to it > > I would like to know if it is possible to add shortcuts to normal > symbols in text, like "\textbullet" which i am able to add through the > UI with mouse. > I tryed to type "insert \textbullet" and few others, but it said > "wrong LyX function". > Do you know what i need to type? Try self-insert. But you will have to do something special with the backslash, I think? See Help> LyX Functions for a list of all the options. Riki
Re: Shortcuts for symbols in text
On Sat, Jul 21, 2018 at 3:58 PM Tank Panzer wrote: > In LyX one can configure the shortcuts and even add new ones under > preferences. > Like I was able to add a new shortcut by typing "math-insert \bullet" and > passing a shortcut to it > > I would like to know if it is possible to add shortcuts to normal symbols > in text, like "\textbullet" which i am able to add through the UI with > mouse. > I tryed to type "insert \textbullet" and few others, but it said "wrong > LyX function". > Do you know what i need to type? > I don't believe there is any way to insert symbols with a shortcut outside of math mode (though I could be wrong). If you're running LyX under Windows, you can use the scripting utility AutoHotKey to get this functionality. Just create a file called, e.g., macros.ahk and, to get your desired functionality, add the line :*:\textbullet::⦁ where ⦁ is the unicode bullet; you can of course add as many such lines as you please to insert all the symbols you want. (Be sure to save the file with UTF-8 encoding.) To activate the script, right click on it and select *Run Script*. (I think if you drop it into your Documents directory it will run by default at startup.) I reckon you could use Applescript on a Mac to do something similar. Dunno about Linux. -chris
Re: Shortcuts for symbols in text
On 07/21/2018 09:56 AM, Tank Panzer wrote: > In LyX one can cunfigure the shortcuts and even add new ones under > preferences. > Like I was able to add a new shortcut by typing "math-insert \bullet" > and passing a shortcut to it > > I would like to know if it is possible to add shortcuts to normal > symbols in text, like "\textbullet" which i am able to add through the > UI with mouse. > I tryed to type "insert \textbullet" and few others, but it said > "wrong LyX function". > Do you know what i need to type? Try self-insert. But you will have to do something special with the backslash, I think? See Help> LyX Functions for a list of all the options. Riki
Shortcuts for symbols in text
In LyX one can cunfigure the shortcuts and even add new ones under preferences. Like I was able to add a new shortcut by typing "math-insert \bullet" and passing a shortcut to it I would like to know if it is possible to add shortcuts to normal symbols in text, like "\textbullet" which i am able to add through the UI with mouse. I tryed to type "insert \textbullet" and few others, but it said "wrong LyX function". Do you know what i need to type?
