Re: [PLUG] LibreOffice Writer: delete character [CLOSED]

2018-12-07 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 7 Dec 2018, Rich Shepard wrote: Perhaps calibre works better for the occassional quickie that does not benefit from typesetting with TeX. Oops! Apparently that's for e-book management, not writing. Rich ___ PLUG mailing list

Re: [PLUG] LibreOffice Writer: delete character [CLOSED]

2018-12-07 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 7 Dec 2018, John Jason Jordan wrote: If you've exhausted all the easy possibilities then it's time to go the macro route. Just create a macro to do what you want and then assign Ctrl-d to the macro. I use LO only infrequently. Now I'me incentivized to avoid it. Perhaps calibre works

Re: [PLUG] LibreOffice Writer: delete character [CLOSED]

2018-12-07 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Fri, 7 Dec 2018 08:39:04 -0800 (PST) Rich Shepard dijo: >Rather amazing that there is apparently no way to mimic the Del key action >using ctrl-d. Oh, well. If you've exhausted all the easy possibilities then it's time to go the macro route. Just create a macro to do what you want and then

Re: [PLUG] LibreOffice Writer: delete character [CLOSED]

2018-12-07 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 6 Dec 2018, Rich Shepard wrote: Is there a way to assign the same function as the Del key to Ctrl-d? Apparently not. I asked this question on the LO mail list and that generated two responses. One listed all the delete- options with no mention of just delete next character. The

Re: [PLUG] LibreOffice Writer: delete character

2018-12-06 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 6 Dec 2018, John Jason Jordan wrote: To save I use Ctrl-s. Ctrl-Shift-s is Save As. Those seem to be pretty standard in all programs. Yep. This bit of confusion was caused by a LO documentation error - it should have listed Ctrl-d, not Ctrl-D. And looking at the assignment

Re: [PLUG] LibreOffice Writer: delete character

2018-12-06 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Thu, 6 Dec 2018 11:34:29 -0800 (PST) Rich Shepard dijo: >On Thu, 6 Dec 2018, John Jason Jordan wrote: > >> I have LO 5.1.6.2 on Xubuntu 16.04, and it lists Ctrl-D, but not >> Ctrl-d, defining it as double underline. >Official LO docs show the default for ctrl-D as double underline. As I

Re: [PLUG] LibreOffice Writer: delete character

2018-12-06 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 6 Dec 2018, John Jason Jordan wrote: I have LO 5.1.6.2 on Xubuntu 16.04, and it lists Ctrl-D, but not Ctrl-d, defining it as double underline. John, Doesn't matter if it is shown with an uppercase D or a lowercase d; press and hold the ctrl key while pressing the d/D key. No shift

Re: [PLUG] LibreOffice Writer: delete character

2018-12-06 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Thu, 6 Dec 2018 10:32:19 -0800 (PST) Rich Shepard dijo: > In my installation it's undefined. Pressing it does nothing. In the >keyboard shortcut assignment list there is no definition for it and >the many choices of actions do not include that of the Del key. I have LO 5.1.6.2 on Xubuntu

Re: [PLUG] LibreOffice Writer: delete character

2018-12-06 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 6 Dec 2018, Tomas K wrote: Ctrl-d is EOF - I'd be careful here. Tomas, In my installation it's undefined. Pressing it does nothing. In the keyboard shortcut assignment list there is no definition for it and the many choices of actions do not include that of the Del key. Rich

Re: [PLUG] LibreOffice Writer: delete character

2018-12-06 Thread Tomas K
Ctrl-d is EOF - I'd be careful here. On Thu, 2018-12-06 at 09:29 -0800, Rich Shepard wrote: >    In LibreOffice-6.1.2, Tools -> Configure -> Keyboard allows user- > assigned > actions to Ctrl-D for deleting everything but a single character. Is > there a > way to assign the same function as the

[PLUG] LibreOffice Writer: delete character

2018-12-06 Thread Rich Shepard
In LibreOffice-6.1.2, Tools -> Configure -> Keyboard allows user-assigned actions to Ctrl-D for deleting everything but a single character. Is there a way to assign the same function as the Del key to Ctrl-d? TIA, Rich ___ PLUG mailing list