Hi Jaap! I looked at the code and see what you mean :-)
When you work on that code, may I suggest you add just one callback for "key pressed" that can be utilised from plugins? With that callback I could quite easily implement my planed behaviour, just like an autoformat plugin. Nik Am Freitag, 13. Februar 2015 schrieb Jaap Karssenberg: > Hi Nikolaus, > > Afraid this will not be an easy thing to hack. The code you need to look at > is the method "do_key_press_event" in the file zim/gui/pageview.py . > > Be warned that this is a part of the code that is high on my list for > re-factoring to iron out bugs and hacks. So not easy to modify, and hacks > will not be stable towards future releases. > > Changing behavior on entering a number can be done. Challenge will be to > correctly detect the "environment" of the cursor, so you know what behavior > to trigger when. > > Regards, > > Jaap > > > > On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 7:03 PM, Nikolaus Klepp <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > I use zim for elementary school children. Now I'd like to get it working > > for basic arithmetics and I'm kind of stuck. Maybe you could direct me > > where I should get working on the code? > > > > I'd like to let the user build calulations like these, where the numbers > > align "magicly" in the same way like you'd write it on paper, i.e.: > > - numbers use monospaced font > > - line is right aligned > > - numbers are entered left-to-right > > - numbers in the line under the summation-line are entered right-to-left > > > > example: > > 123 > > 45 > > --- > > 168 > > > > 123 > > 4567 > > ---- > > 4690 > > > > To a monospaced font, I added to .config/zim/style.conf: > > [Tag indent] > > foreground=#000080 > > family=monospace > > which takes perfectly care about entering "atithmetic mode". > > > > Now thew hard part: > > The user types: "<tab>123<return>4" > > ZIM diplays: > > <tab>123 > > <tab><space><space>4 > > > > the user continues: "5" > > ZIM diplays: > > <tab>123 > > <tab><space>45 > > > > the user continues: "<return>-<return>" > > ZIM diplays: > > <tab>123 > > <tab><space>45 > > <tab>--- > > <tab> > > > > the user continues: "8" > > ZIM diplays: > > <tab>123 > > <tab><space>45 > > <tab>--- > > <tab><space><space>8 > > > > the user continues: "6" > > ZIM diplays: > > <tab>123 > > <tab><space>45 > > <tab>--- > > <tab><space>68 > > > > the user continues: "1" > > ZIM diplays: > > <tab>123 > > <tab><space>45 > > <tab>--- > > <tab>168 > > > > So, where should I start hacking? > > > > Nik > > > > -- > > Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing > > with the NSA. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki > > Post to : [email protected] > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > -- Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
