Cay Horstmann wrote:
> I write about computer programming, and I often use the tt font.
>
> When I am at the END of a (text) block, I type
>
> Ctrl+I t t Enter (my stuff) Ins
>
> and go on with regular text.
Often do that too.
> When I am in the MIDDLE of a (text) block, I type
>
> Ctrl+I t t Enter (my stuff) Right
>
> That is, Right instead of Ins.
Never do that. (If I really needed to do that, I would have used Tab
instead of Right: much more convenient due to the location of the Tab key.)
> I find it bothersome that I have to remember where I am. I'd rather hit
> Ins in both cases.
>
> But Ins does nothing if I am at the end of a tt element and there is a
> (text) block as its next sibling.
>
> Would it be possible to overload the semantics of Ins so that it does
> the right thing in this situation?
We'll have to think about your suggestion. For now, please copy this
very simple macro[*] to your customize.xxe, restart XXE, and you'll be done:
---
<binding>
<keyPressed code="INSERT" />
<command name="insertTextAfterOrMoveDot" />
</binding>
<command name="insertTextAfterOrMoveDot">
<macro>
<choice>
<command name="insertNode"
parameter="textAfter[implicitElement]" />
<command name="moveDotTo"
parameter="nextTextNode" />
</choice>
</macro>
</command>
---
---
[*] Could be improved to test if next sibling is really a text node.
