Re: a way of building macros?
On Thu, Sep 06, 2007 at 06:24:29PM +0100, Roberto Gorjão wrote: Hi, Is there any way of building macros in LyX? As we do in Open Office, macros that ease the process of inserting frequent strings of data, for instance. Ideally, I would like to be able to build a new toolbar with buttons to activate different macros... Is this possible? Sort of. Have a look at /lib/bin/*, especially the use of 'repeat' and 'command-sequence'. Andre'
Re: a way of building macros?
Hi Andre, I have not a clue about where to begin looking for /lib/bin/*. Could you be more specific? I'm on Win XP. I've also found this page in the LyX's Wiki -- http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/CommandSequences -- but I must confess that I didn't understand what was meant by .bind-file and how to use it... I guess I'll try again tomorrow -- I'm getting too tired today. Thanks! Roberto -- On Thu Sep 6 11:26 , Andre Poenitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: Sort of. Have a look at /lib/bin/*, especially the use of 'repeat' and 'command-sequence'. Andre'
Re: a way of building macros?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Andre, I have not a clue about where to begin looking for /lib/bin/*. Could you be more specific? I'm on Win XP. Probably somewhere like c:\Program Files\LyX\..., but others will know. I've also found this page in the LyX's Wiki -- http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/CommandSequences -- but I must confess that I didn't understand what was meant by .bind-file and how to use it... I guess I'll try again tomorrow -- I'm getting too tired today. Can someone on Windows say where the .bind files are? Once you know that, have a look at these files: The map keys to LyX commands or command sequences. They are completely customizable, and you can try out new commands and command-sequences in the `mini-buffer' before modifying the bind files. Richard -- == Richard G Heck, Jr Professor of Philosophy Brown University http://frege.brown.edu/heck/ == Get my public key from http://sks.keyserver.penguin.de Hash: 0x1DE91F1E66FFBDEC Learn how to sign your email using Thunderbird and GnuPG at: http://dudu.dyn.2-h.org/nist/gpg-enigmail-howto
Re: a way of building macros?
Richard Heck wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Andre, I have not a clue about where to begin looking for /lib/bin/*. Could you be more specific? I'm on Win XP. Probably somewhere like c:\Program Files\LyX\..., but others will know. No such beast under Windows. There's a bin directory but no lib directory (at least in the distributed application). I'm guessing Andre was referring to source code, but I'm not sure where to find it. I've also found this page in the LyX's Wiki -- http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/CommandSequences -- but I must confess that I didn't understand what was meant by .bind-file and how to use it... I guess I'll try again tomorrow -- I'm getting too tired today. Can someone on Windows say where the .bind files are? The ones that ship with LyX are in lyxroot\Resources\bind, where lyxroot is usually C:\Program Files\LyX15 (give or take). There are subdirectories for a few non-English variants. Bind files added or edited by the user go in home\bind, where home is usually C:\Documents and Settings\your login id\Application Data\lyx15. Help-About will identify both lyxroot (labeled Library directory) and home (labeled User directory). It's important to put the edited files there, lest the changes be lost when a new version of LyX is installed. Once you know that, have a look at these files: The map keys to LyX commands or command sequences. They are completely customizable, and you can try out new commands and command-sequences in the `mini-buffer' before modifying the bind files. One thing to keep in mind is that bind files can (and do) load other bind files. For instance, at the bottom of cua.bind, you'll find \bind_file commands that load other files. The reason I mention this is that when you bind keys to a macro, you'll obviously want to try to pick an unused key combination -- but what's unused in the file you're editing may be used in a file it subsequently loads, which would overwrite your definition. The syntax is pretty simple, and is explained on the wiki: http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/KeyboardShortcuts. Command sequences are also explained on the wiki (http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/CommandSequences), and you can find a list of LFUNS (the functions you can use in command sequences) as well (http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/LyxFunctions). One other thing to keep in mind: separate from the bind file(s) you are using, some key combinations are bound to menu actions (see stdmenus.inc in the ...\Resources\ui folder). AFAIK, if you bind a macro to a key combination already in use in a menu, the menu version trumps your new binding, unless you edit stdmenus.inc to change the key bound to the menu. /Paul
Re: a way of building macros?
On Thu, Sep 06, 2007 at 06:24:29PM +0100, Roberto Gorjão wrote: Hi, Is there any way of building macros in LyX? As we do in Open Office, macros that ease the process of inserting frequent strings of data, for instance. Ideally, I would like to be able to build a new toolbar with buttons to activate different macros... Is this possible? Sort of. Have a look at /lib/bin/*, especially the use of 'repeat' and 'command-sequence'. Andre'
Re: a way of building macros?
Hi Andre, I have not a clue about where to begin looking for /lib/bin/*. Could you be more specific? I'm on Win XP. I've also found this page in the LyX's Wiki -- http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/CommandSequences -- but I must confess that I didn't understand what was meant by .bind-file and how to use it... I guess I'll try again tomorrow -- I'm getting too tired today. Thanks! Roberto -- On Thu Sep 6 11:26 , Andre Poenitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: Sort of. Have a look at /lib/bin/*, especially the use of 'repeat' and 'command-sequence'. Andre'
Re: a way of building macros?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Andre, I have not a clue about where to begin looking for /lib/bin/*. Could you be more specific? I'm on Win XP. Probably somewhere like c:\Program Files\LyX\..., but others will know. I've also found this page in the LyX's Wiki -- http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/CommandSequences -- but I must confess that I didn't understand what was meant by .bind-file and how to use it... I guess I'll try again tomorrow -- I'm getting too tired today. Can someone on Windows say where the .bind files are? Once you know that, have a look at these files: The map keys to LyX commands or command sequences. They are completely customizable, and you can try out new commands and command-sequences in the `mini-buffer' before modifying the bind files. Richard -- == Richard G Heck, Jr Professor of Philosophy Brown University http://frege.brown.edu/heck/ == Get my public key from http://sks.keyserver.penguin.de Hash: 0x1DE91F1E66FFBDEC Learn how to sign your email using Thunderbird and GnuPG at: http://dudu.dyn.2-h.org/nist/gpg-enigmail-howto
Re: a way of building macros?
Richard Heck wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Andre, I have not a clue about where to begin looking for /lib/bin/*. Could you be more specific? I'm on Win XP. Probably somewhere like c:\Program Files\LyX\..., but others will know. No such beast under Windows. There's a bin directory but no lib directory (at least in the distributed application). I'm guessing Andre was referring to source code, but I'm not sure where to find it. I've also found this page in the LyX's Wiki -- http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/CommandSequences -- but I must confess that I didn't understand what was meant by .bind-file and how to use it... I guess I'll try again tomorrow -- I'm getting too tired today. Can someone on Windows say where the .bind files are? The ones that ship with LyX are in lyxroot\Resources\bind, where lyxroot is usually C:\Program Files\LyX15 (give or take). There are subdirectories for a few non-English variants. Bind files added or edited by the user go in home\bind, where home is usually C:\Documents and Settings\your login id\Application Data\lyx15. Help-About will identify both lyxroot (labeled Library directory) and home (labeled User directory). It's important to put the edited files there, lest the changes be lost when a new version of LyX is installed. Once you know that, have a look at these files: The map keys to LyX commands or command sequences. They are completely customizable, and you can try out new commands and command-sequences in the `mini-buffer' before modifying the bind files. One thing to keep in mind is that bind files can (and do) load other bind files. For instance, at the bottom of cua.bind, you'll find \bind_file commands that load other files. The reason I mention this is that when you bind keys to a macro, you'll obviously want to try to pick an unused key combination -- but what's unused in the file you're editing may be used in a file it subsequently loads, which would overwrite your definition. The syntax is pretty simple, and is explained on the wiki: http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/KeyboardShortcuts. Command sequences are also explained on the wiki (http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/CommandSequences), and you can find a list of LFUNS (the functions you can use in command sequences) as well (http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/LyxFunctions). One other thing to keep in mind: separate from the bind file(s) you are using, some key combinations are bound to menu actions (see stdmenus.inc in the ...\Resources\ui folder). AFAIK, if you bind a macro to a key combination already in use in a menu, the menu version trumps your new binding, unless you edit stdmenus.inc to change the key bound to the menu. /Paul
Re: a way of building macros?
On Thu, Sep 06, 2007 at 06:24:29PM +0100, Roberto Gorjão wrote: > Hi, > > Is there any way of building macros in LyX? As we do in Open Office, > macros that ease the process of inserting frequent strings of data, for > instance. Ideally, I would like to be able to build a new toolbar with > buttons to activate different macros... Is this possible? Sort of. Have a look at /lib/bin/*, especially the use of 'repeat' and 'command-sequence'. Andre'
Re: a way of building macros?
Hi Andre, I have not a clue about where to begin looking for "/lib/bin/*". Could you be more specific? I'm on Win XP. I've also found this page in the LyX's Wiki -- http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/CommandSequences -- but I must confess that I didn't understand what was meant by ".bind-file" and how to use it... I guess I'll try again tomorrow -- I'm getting too tired today. Thanks! Roberto -- On Thu Sep 6 11:26 , Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: > >Sort of. Have a look at /lib/bin/*, especially the use of 'repeat' >and 'command-sequence'. > >Andre' >
Re: a way of building macros?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Andre, I have not a clue about where to begin looking for "/lib/bin/*". Could you be more specific? I'm on Win XP. Probably somewhere like c:\Program Files\LyX\..., but others will know. I've also found this page in the LyX's Wiki -- http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/CommandSequences -- but I must confess that I didn't understand what was meant by ".bind-file" and how to use it... I guess I'll try again tomorrow -- I'm getting too tired today. Can someone on Windows say where the .bind files are? Once you know that, have a look at these files: The map keys to LyX commands or command sequences. They are completely customizable, and you can try out new commands and command-sequences in the `mini-buffer' before modifying the bind files. Richard -- == Richard G Heck, Jr Professor of Philosophy Brown University http://frege.brown.edu/heck/ == Get my public key from http://sks.keyserver.penguin.de Hash: 0x1DE91F1E66FFBDEC Learn how to sign your email using Thunderbird and GnuPG at: http://dudu.dyn.2-h.org/nist/gpg-enigmail-howto
Re: a way of building macros?
Richard Heck wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Andre, I have not a clue about where to begin looking for "/lib/bin/*". Could you be more specific? I'm on Win XP. Probably somewhere like c:\Program Files\LyX\..., but others will know. No such beast under Windows. There's a bin directory but no lib directory (at least in the distributed application). I'm guessing Andre was referring to source code, but I'm not sure where to find it. I've also found this page in the LyX's Wiki -- http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/CommandSequences -- but I must confess that I didn't understand what was meant by ".bind-file" and how to use it... I guess I'll try again tomorrow -- I'm getting too tired today. Can someone on Windows say where the .bind files are? The ones that ship with LyX are in \Resources\bind, where is usually C:\Program Files\LyX15 (give or take). There are subdirectories for a few non-English variants. Bind files added or edited by the user go in \bind, where is usually C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\lyx15. Help->About will identify both (labeled "Library directory") and (labeled "User directory"). It's important to put the edited files there, lest the changes be lost when a new version of LyX is installed. Once you know that, have a look at these files: The map keys to LyX commands or command sequences. They are completely customizable, and you can try out new commands and command-sequences in the `mini-buffer' before modifying the bind files. One thing to keep in mind is that bind files can (and do) load other bind files. For instance, at the bottom of cua.bind, you'll find \bind_file commands that load other files. The reason I mention this is that when you bind keys to a macro, you'll obviously want to try to pick an unused key combination -- but what's unused in the file you're editing may be used in a file it subsequently loads, which would overwrite your definition. The syntax is pretty simple, and is explained on the wiki: http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/KeyboardShortcuts. Command sequences are also explained on the wiki (http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/CommandSequences), and you can find a list of LFUNS (the functions you can use in command sequences) as well (http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/LyxFunctions). One other thing to keep in mind: separate from the bind file(s) you are using, some key combinations are bound to menu actions (see stdmenus.inc in the ...\Resources\ui folder). AFAIK, if you bind a macro to a key combination already in use in a menu, the menu version trumps your new binding, unless you edit stdmenus.inc to change the key bound to the menu. /Paul
