--- On Sun, 11/22/09, Beni Cherniavsky <c...@users.sf.net> wrote: > From: Beni Cherniavsky <c...@users.sf.net> > > Sorry, not following. Toggle which > functionality? Autolinking on/off? Editing changes > link/label? Something else?
AutoLinking ... > Edit -> Preferences -> Editing > -> "Autolink CamelCase" checkbox! > It's there in both perl zim and pyzim. > Or do you mean make it accessible from toolbar & > keystroke so that you can change it frequenly? The tool bar button is what I was referring to - you make an excellent point, below, regarding the "Undo" functionality - I think that is the solution I'm wishing for... > I would also Like the color coding of broken links tha was > suggested, since my common workflow is - type in the literal > links (this would be with the option mentioned above turned > "on"), then make another pass through the text > creating and editing links. > > Most wikis have some kind of coding for > broken links. Anybody sees a reason we shouldn't > follow? I like the "Create a new page" functionality when a "broken" link is clicked - some visual cues as to which links are good and which not would be nice. > M$ Office AutoCorrect/AutoFormat > leverages Undo for similar functionality: the > autolinking/autoformating is added to the undo list as a > separate action from the typing, so that you can just type > and press Ctrl+Z to supress the autothings when your > don't want them. > > Currently in zim they are fused: FooBar<SPACE> turns > it into a link when you add the <SPACE>; Ctrl+Z > removes the link but also the <SPACE>; pressing > <SPACE> again to continue typing restores the link. > > So maybe we want to adopt the separately-undoable > autolinking model? I like this - in fact, I already use that (the format and/or markup going into the undo buffer separately from the text) other editors > It doesn't solve other questions but it does give a > one-press way to decide autolinking case-by-case. I like it better than e.g. a context menu or drop-down - reaching for the mouse is problematic enough of the time to make me prefer an interface that can be completely controlled by the keyboard... > > -- > Beni Cherniavsky-Paskin <c...@users.sf.net> > > -- 0x0000 _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki Post to : zim-wiki@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
