When I'm working with text that contains phonetic symbols, I find I want a simple way to insert them into the text.
I can use character entities -- but that entails five or six keystrokes. I copy and paste a lot, but moving up and down in the text to locate a previously used symbol isn't efficient. (Maybe if I were better organized I'd keep a file open that has the symbols I need. But, um, I'm not.) I rely on the Insert | Symbol... command, but again that's fairly inefficient.
What I'd like to do is choose a symbol and, in that dialog, assign a keystroke to insert it into my text. (I'd use the same ones I have set up to use in MS Word.)
Even if the procedure is more convoluted than that, I have a real need to be able to quickly insert one of about ten different symbols.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Roger
Over one year of using XML CE
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If you're on Ubuntu, you can go to Applications - Accessories - Character map. Click on a bunch of characters you want to insert, copy, and paste into the XML copy editor.
Haven't found a faster way yet though.
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My preferred input method on Windows is Alt+numcode (e.g. Alt+0151 for an em rule). If your encoding doesn't support the symbol it should be converted to the appropriate number entity on save.
Right now I'm embarking on a complete rewrite of the validation/insertion helper code for the 1.1.1 series so may not be able to implement this in the near future.
Cheers,
Gerald
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When I'm working with text that contains phonetic symbols, I find I want a simple way to insert them into the text.
I can use character entities -- but that entails five or six keystrokes. I copy and paste a lot, but moving up and down in the text to locate a previously used symbol isn't efficient. (Maybe if I were better organized I'd keep a file open that has the symbols I need. But, um, I'm not.) I rely on the Insert | Symbol... command, but again that's fairly inefficient.
What I'd like to do is choose a symbol and, in that dialog, assign a keystroke to insert it into my text. (I'd use the same ones I have set up to use in MS Word.)
Even if the procedure is more convoluted than that, I have a real need to be able to quickly insert one of about ten different symbols.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Roger
Over one year of using XML CE
If you're on Ubuntu, you can go to Applications - Accessories - Character map. Click on a bunch of characters you want to insert, copy, and paste into the XML copy editor.
Haven't found a faster way yet though.
Thanks Roger.
My preferred input method on Windows is Alt+numcode (e.g. Alt+0151 for an em rule). If your encoding doesn't support the symbol it should be converted to the appropriate number entity on save.
Right now I'm embarking on a complete rewrite of the validation/insertion helper code for the 1.1.1 series so may not be able to implement this in the near future.
Cheers,
Gerald