[texworks] Auto-completion - Document Jumps

[David J. Perry]

Paul,

This is a very useful trick!  I often need to mark spots in a long document 
and go back and forth.  Thanks.

David

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul A Norman" <paul.a.norman at gmail.com>
To: "Discuss the TeXworks front end." <texworks at tug.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 7:10 PM
Subject: [texworks] Auto-completion - Document Jumps


> Aside from auto-completion, any number of the following can be
> sprinkled through a document ...
>
> %•
> %:  <text> if you want a strong Tags entry•
>
> ... and they provide a convenient keyboard jump to location using
>
> Crtl-<TAB> (forwards),
> and SHIFT-Crtl-<TAB> (backwards)
>
> -- useful when editing in one place and then needing to mark and go
> elsewhere  and pick something up and go back etc etc
>
> On Windows (Xp at least) with Number Lock on using the Numeric Keypad
> <ALT key> 0149
>
> Should get you a bullet (for more see
> http://www.allgraphicdesign.com/graphicsblog/2008/02/13/how-to-make-keyboard-bullets-stars-hearts-french-accents-copyright-symbols-more-with-the-alt-key/
> )
>
> MacOS I think -  Option+8
> Use the Keycaps program to check where various characters are on your 
> keyboard?
>
> Linux varies?
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullet_(typography)
>
> Paul
>
> P.S. a simple script for inserting bullets if keyboard is too difficult
>
> // TeXworksScript
> // Title:  Make Bullet
> // Description: Inserts a bullet for autocompletion
> // Author:  Paul Norman
> // Version: 0.1
> // Date: 2011-03-05
> // Script-Type: standalone
> // Context: TeXDocument
> // Shortcut: Alt+M, Alt+B
>
> TW.target.insertText("\u2022");
>