Alan responded to my suggestion: > > > 3. Fine tune styles. You've got a real good start here but some > > > features, > > > such as hot-key assignment don't seem to be working. > >On a point of principal i endevour to have many keybindings for abiword, >there should be sensible default whenever possible. >So while you may not be allowed to assign hotkeys i hope that abiword will >provide sensible defaults for enough features that you wont need to.
. . . and so on. Actually, much of what you have written here is way above me, so let me try to explain more clearly what I mean. Right now, in the Modify Styles dialog box, there is an option to assign the style to a "Shortcut Key" When I click on it, nothing happens. That was the point of my suggestion - simply make it work. For the way I work, having shortcut keys for styles is important. I despise using a mouse, especially when processing words. I have a manageable number of styles that I commonly use. With other programs, I have assigned shortcut keystrokes combining the Ctrl+Alt + number keys. So, my single spaced paragraph style is Ctrl+Alt+1, double spaced is Ctrl+Alt+2, and so on. As intended, some of my styles, such as for headings, do a lot of formatting - bold, centered, keep with next paragraph, extra line spacing before and after, etc. Being able to apply all of this formatting with a single Ctrl-Alt+5 is a very quick and gratifying way to work. This takes the place of applying a series of eight to ten formatting default keystrokes. I certainly hope that someday - preferrably very soon - I'll be able to to this with Abi. Your comments about the different ways other platforms deal with command keys concerns me. You seem to suggest - and hopefully I misunderstand you - that permitting a Ctrl-Alt combination for Windows users may not be possible because Mac users don't have those keys available. If that is the case, I have to question the wisdom of the cross-platform approach. I'd hate to see my capabilities with Windows hampered because of a need to remain compatible with a platform or operating system I will never use. That would make Abi limited to the lowest common denominator. Please say it ain't so. Virgil _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ----------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
