Re: Keyboard Shortcuts in Menus

2014-11-14 Thread Bob Sneidar
Actually, Macs can use either the control, command (apple) or option key with shift modifier for some of them as well. On Windows, the command key is actually the windows key. Not certain if it can be used as a modifier. Bob S On Nov 13, 2014, at 07:29 , Richard Gaskin

Re: Keyboard Shortcuts in Menus

2014-11-13 Thread Graham Samuel
User Guide and the Dictionary, I find that I don’t exactly understand the way you put keyboard shortcuts into menus and get them to activate, especially on Windows. I note for example: 1. The ‘’ character is always present in a menu item which is also intended to work as a keyboard shortcut

Re: Keyboard Shortcuts in Menus

2014-11-13 Thread Richard Gaskin
Graham Samuel wrote: In the whole toolbar, all keyboard shortcuts must of course be distinct, and are presumably not case sensitive. That was my silly mistake. I made it because PC programs often have an underlined 'x' in the 'Exit' menu item: this is not a keyboard shortcut but some other

Re: Keyboard Shortcuts in Menus

2014-11-13 Thread Graham Samuel
Thanks Richard - great explanation as usual! By the way, I am using some Unicode characters in menu items in Windows 7 (actually running on a Mac under Parallels) and sometimes I’ve noticed that they don’t “stick”, in that one can paste a Unicode character like the square root symbol into a

Re: Keyboard Shortcuts in Menus

2014-11-12 Thread Graham Samuel
Hi - I’ve searched recent activity on the list but I haven’t been able to find any reference to this issue apart from my own input, and in the QCC all I can see is a specific reference to a fault in the ‘Quit’ command in the IDE. Can someone please point me at a more comprehensive description

Re: Keyboard Shortcuts in Menus

2014-11-12 Thread Jacques Hausser
Hi Graham, see bug 13836 (fixed - avaiting built) and the discussion there. Jacques Le 12 nov. 2014 à 11:03, Graham Samuel livf...@mac.com a écrit : Hi - I’ve searched recent activity on the list but I haven’t been able to find any reference to this issue apart from my own input, and in

Re: Keyboard Shortcuts in Menus

2014-11-12 Thread Graham Samuel
Thanks - I see that 6.7.1 is addressing these issues, but I need them on LC7 because I’m dipping my toe into Unicode. I’m hoping it’s only a day or so away… Graham On 12 Nov 2014, at 10:13, Jacques Hausser jacques.haus...@unil.ch wrote: Hi Graham, see bug 13836 (fixed - avaiting built)

Re: Keyboard Shortcuts in Menus

2014-11-12 Thread Bob Sneidar
it unusable, but now I find it very reliable. Bob S On Nov 11, 2014, at 07:32 , Graham Samuel livf...@mac.com wrote: I'm using LC 7.0.1. Looking at both the LC User Guide and the Dictionary, I find that I don’t exactly understand the way you put keyboard shortcuts into menus and get them

Re: Keyboard Shortcuts in Menus

2014-11-12 Thread Bob Sneidar
I vill check out the link vich you posted to see vhat you speak of. :-) Bob S On Nov 12, 2014, at 02:13 , Jacques Hausser jacques.haus...@unil.chmailto:jacques.haus...@unil.ch wrote: Hi Graham, see bug 13836 (fixed - avaiting built) and the discussion there. Jacques

Keyboard Shortcuts in Menus

2014-11-11 Thread Graham Samuel
I'm using LC 7.0.1. Looking at both the LC User Guide and the Dictionary, I find that I don’t exactly understand the way you put keyboard shortcuts into menus and get them to activate, especially on Windows. I note for example: 1. The ‘’ character is always present in a menu item which is also

Re: Keyboard Shortcuts in Menus

2014-11-11 Thread Björnke von Gierke
7.0.1. Looking at both the LC User Guide and the Dictionary, I find that I don’t exactly understand the way you put keyboard shortcuts into menus and get them to activate, especially on Windows. I note for example: 1. The ‘’ character is always present in a menu item which is also intended

Re: Keyboard Shortcuts in Menus

2014-11-11 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 7:32 AM, Graham Samuel livf...@mac.com wrote: Can anyone explain what is going on behind the scenes? Keep in mind that even built-in keyboard commands are generally not functioning correctly in the current 7.0.1 (RC1) -- Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. (702) 508-8462