I've tried (3), using \a for macron a,etc., and it sort of works, but, it seems, the character sequence is replaced in the text only when preceded by a space. Since this space is not removed when the replacement is made, and since the vast majority of macron characters are not at the beginning of a word, this space must be manually removed for each character required, and this makes the process almost as slow as inserting from the special characters. Is there a way to get LO writer to recognise and replace the sequence even when it comes in the middle of a word or at the end?
Thanks /Gary On Friday, 9 August 2019, 08:46:44 BST, Heiko Tietze <heiko.tie...@documentfoundation.org> wrote: This was requested long time ago in [1] while meanwhile we have the Recently Used section and I could imagine to provide access per shortcut to those items. However, there is the wish to extend this section [2] and that would break any shortcut approach. What you always can do is to create own entries in the replacement table of the autocorrect function [3]. [1] https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41981 [2] https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=120753 [3] https://help.libreoffice.org/6.3/en-US/text/shared/01/06040200.html On 09.08.19 08:56, gcatl...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: > Hi, > I'm writing some Latin texts with long vowels indicated and so i'm frequently > having to go to the special characters dialog. > I'm wondering if its possible to set up certain keys in LO so that pressing, > e.g. ALT +A would enter a with macron character (and SHIFT +ALT +A for the > capital)? > > I've looked at tools>configure but can't yet see if there is a way to make a > key combination return a special character rather than execute a function. > I've also quickly looked at autocorrect but that doesn't seem to work on key > combinations. > > I'm guessing what i need is a keyboard mapping option? > > I'm using LO 6.0.7.3 on ubuntu 18.04.08 > > Thanks > /Gary > > -- Dr. Heiko Tietze, UX-Designer and UX-Mentor Tel: +49 30 5557992-63 | Mail: heiko.tie...@documentfoundation.org The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: https://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy