On 01/20/2011 08:39 AM, David wrote: > I can't say I'm a big fan of hidden commands. Where in the GUI would I > discover this functionality? As a user, I expect that to be a function > available either through the menubar or a toolbar button on the > Characters palette.
You are of course right. However this not that easy to achieve, as we need to find the right balance between available functions and GUI clutter. > > Keep in mind I'm the kind of dim bulb who has in fact seen that > quickrefcard-Mac-Letter.pdf card, and *utterly failed* to take note of > the triple-star emphasized keyboard command that takes us 90% of the way > to the functionality I seek. D-oh. > > That said, this > http://www.unicode.org/charts/charindex.html > is the lookup table I want to use. > > There are a ton of correct punctuation and letter forms, and commonly > useful symbols, that can be accessed by specific name, or easily found > in name groups. > > Hussein Shafie wrote: >> Please type "Esc n" and you'll be able to pick a character by its >> commonly used entity name (e.g. mdash). > -- XMLmind XML Editor Support List [email protected] http://www.xmlmind.com/mailman/listinfo/xmleditor-support
