On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:33:38 -0800 (PST) Came this utterance formulated by Rich Shepard to my mailbox:
> One reason I use Writer so infrequently is its dependence on the > pointer > thingie. I'm a touch typist and prefer to keep my hands on the > keyboard while writing. To do this efficiently, in emacs and joe I use > control-key chords (e.g.. ctrl-a to move to the head of the line, > ctrl-e to move to the end, ctrl-f to move forward one character, > ctrl-b to move back one character, ctrl-d to delete the character to > the right of the point, etc.) > > I tried to configure OO.o/Writer-3 to use these shortcuts, but > failed > because there is apparently a limited list that can be assigned to > keys. > > Is there a way for me to assign my preferred shortcuts for use in > Writer? > I'm so used to them that I'm constantly doing things I don't intend > and end up writing in a plain text editor because it's quicker and > more efficient. > I think you may have trouble there as those emacs key binding clash with pre-existing word processing key bindings. For example: ctrl-a = select all ctrl-b = bold on/off ctrl-f = find Unless you can unbind them first? I'd be hesitant to recommend that as a preferred method as you are going against almost all common word-processor bindings. In fact many, admittedly mainly windows, text editors use these same bindings. I seem to remember a recent discussion about emacs key bindings and OO.o but can't recall on which list. A quick search hasn't helped. -- Michael All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
