On Mar 13, 2012, at 9:32 AM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > > On Mar 13, 2012, at 13:34, Eric Weir wrote: > >> Toggling could simply turn off a mode. Many apps feature such toggling. >> E.g., it would appear, all the options under View in Skim. > > The point is: what does that mean? "Turn off a mode" has no meaning. You're > always in a mode. (there is no "no mode mode")
I really don't want to haggle over semantics. It seems I may have some things to learn about skim. When I open a file and don't issue any commands, from the menu or the toolbar, when just read, what mode am I in? When I do a new note from the menu what mode am I in after entering the note? >> I had never used the New Note function of the Notes menu before. I assumed >> it was identical to the new note mode of the toolbar. I see the difference >> now. I'm not sure of the reason for it. Indeed, with respect to the >> toolbar's new note mode it seems to me primarily a nuisance. My assumption >> initially and all along, until now, was that it should either toggle or have >> only a one-time effect, the way the New Note function of the Notes Menu. Is >> there a reason? > > Well, that's also exactly what it does: it *either* toggles, *or* it has a > one-time effect. They're just separate functions, allowing you to have both > workflows. So you can have *both*. So you're really being inconsistent here > about your complaints: on the one hand, you're complaining that it doesn't > automatically switch back to text mode after adding a highlight, while now > you say you don't understand why there's a (separate) function that adds a > highlight while *keeping you in text mode*. I guess I was not clear. I was curious about the reason. What I was curious about was why the toolbar new note command remains in new note mode after a note is entered. The important thing is that I now see that there is a way to get what I want, i.e., a one-time command for entering a note so after entering a note I can select text. Not only a way, but a keyboard shortcut to it. I'll just avoid the toolbar version here on out. Regards, ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA [email protected] "Imagining the other is a powerful antidote to fanaticism and hatred." - Amos Oz ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ _______________________________________________ Skim-app-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users
