On 12/04/2008 20:51, nicky van foreest wrote:
Hi,
I am using openoffice 2.4. My problem is that I cannot use, or
instruct openoffice to use, emacs keybindings. This makes openoffice
next to useless to me. In fact, when forced to edit word files, I
reboot my linux machine, boot windows, and use word with the emacs
keybindinds (via VBA). When finished, I reboot to linux again. All
this hassle takes me less time than editting word files in openoffice.
Is there any way in which openoffice can include emacs keybindings?
thanks
Nicky van Foreest
If emacs uses the Alt or Alt Gr key then the simple answer is no because
OOo can't use those keys. For a discussion, see
http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=70103
Look at Tools>Customise>Keyboard. The top half of the pane shows the
current key assignments. The lower half is divided into two. The left
half defines Categories; the right half defines functions available
within that category. If you can find the necessary functions then you
can assign them to keys of your choice - excluding combinations
involving the Alt and Alt Gr keys. If you don't find the functions you
might find them within the OOo BASIC (equivalent to VBA). I believe OOo
also lets you write macros in Python, Javascript and Java. One of those
APIs may expose the functionality you need.
Won't Word plus emacs bindings run under WINE? Would that save two reboots?
--
Harold Fuchs
London, England
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