[texworks] shortcuts with multiple letters

[Z Br]

Sorry for the clutter but here are two more threads discussing accelerators:
I was unable to get the attachment in the second file to work, it seems
perhaps this is aimed for a Mac?
Again perhaps Mark or Alain could help out on this.
https://github.com/TeXworks/texworks/issues/17#issuecomment-80291247
http://tug.org/pipermail/texworks/2010q2/002606.html

On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 9:49 PM, Z Br <breigzach at gmail.com> wrote:

> And sorry I need to work on my reading comprehension: one of the important
> items Mark noted is that what I am looking for is an "accelerator" (I had
> not heard of that term before): the Alt key activates the pull down menus,
> and if I had that I would be set.
>
> I did a google search and a few years ago Alain seems to have discussed
> this:
> http://tug.org/pipermail/texworks/2013q2/005795.html
> Item 1 discusses accelerators! Unfortunately the attachments have been
> stripped off and I cannot find the directory mentioned there,
> c:\users\<your_name>\TeXworks\translations
>
> So Alain if you are reading this and still have those files, can you
> re-post them?
>
> Thanks again!
> Zach
>
> On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 9:32 PM, Z Br <breigzach at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Mark. I have tried reading though that manual but am puzzled as to
>> how to use that to have some key sequence lead the file to be saved: like
>> where would I add in the parameters. Sorry like I said I really have little
>> programming skill :(
>>
>> And as an aside yes you are correct in what I am trying for: in Microsoft
>> Windows, the standard key sequence for:
>> saving files is Alt <and then> F <and then> S;
>> or to undo what was just written is Alt <and then> E <and then> U
>> Essentially the Alt activates the pull down menu and then the other keys
>> navigate the pulldown. So if I can create a shortcut or get a script to do
>> this, it will be like virtually every other program I use and will speed my
>> editing. I am guessing others in the Windows world would also benefit from
>> this, so if I figure out a solution I will be sure to post it here!
>>
>> And finally not sure if there is someone on the mail list who is more
>> familiar with the shortcuts. I am guessing there is a way to do what I want
>> with the shortcuts.ini file but it is not well documented (what I know I
>> pulled from manual, http://formal.korea.ac.kr/~jle
>> e/lectures/cnce150/read/TeXworks-manual.pdf, Section A.2)
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 7:28 PM, Mark Yagnatinsky <markyag at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> First off, I never knew about shortcuts.ini before; this is a great
>>> feature and needs to be made more discoverable.  I suggest, at a minimum,
>>> that a fresh TeXworks installation creates an empty shortcuts.ini file so
>>> that someone might wonder what it's for.  Maybe someone should file a
>>> feature request.  (Maybe me??)
>>>
>>> Second, it seems a bit silly that the syntax for shortcuts in
>>> shortcuts.ini does not match the syntax for shortcuts for running scripts;
>>> surely those should be identical.  Sounds like another feature request.
>>>
>>> Third: in what world is "Alt + F + S" a familiar keyboard shortcut for
>>> saving a file!?!  The only thing I'm aware of that comes even close is "Alt
>>> + F, S", which simply opens the file menu, and then selects the save
>>> option.  Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to work in TeXworks, since it
>>> seems that none of the menus on the menu bar have an accelerator key
>>> defined, so Alt + F fails to open the file menu, and even if it did, "S"
>>> does not activate save.  Yet another missing feature.
>>>
>>> Finally, I'm no expert in the TeXworks scripting API, and have written
>>> precisely zero working scripts, but this seems to do what you need:
>>> http://twscript.paulanorman.info/docs/html/TexWorksQtScripti
>>> ng.html?save.html
>>> In other words, the script is a one line: TW.target.save();
>>> Disclaimer: I have not tried it.  I personally just use Ctrl + S, to
>>> save.
>>> (Actually, this is not true.  What I actually do is Ctrl + T to typeset,
>>> and rely on the implicit save just before typesetting.)
>>>
>>> Hope some of this helps.
>>> If not, ask again.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 12:28 AM, Z Br <breigzach at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks Alain!
>>>>
>>>> Unfortunately I am not much of a programmer and so I am unsure how to
>>>> modify the script you posted to get the action I had asked about. Could you
>>>> give a bit more direction, or if someone else knows if this is possible
>>>> with the short cuts file that would be great too.
>>>>
>>>> ZB
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 1:32 PM, Alain Delmotte <
>>>> alain.delmotte at leliseron.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't think that it is possible with a shortcut*, but you could have
>>>>> a script to do that, like this one:
>>>>>
>>>>> ================================ chapter.lua
>>>>> --[[TeXworksScript
>>>>> Title: d: chapter \c&hapter
>>>>> Description: Encloses the current selection in \chapter{}
>>>>> Author: Alain Delmotte from Stefan Löffler & Jonathan Kew
>>>>> Version: 0.1
>>>>> Date: 2011-11-01
>>>>> Script-Type: standalone
>>>>> Context: TeXDocument
>>>>> Shortcut: Alt+W, Alt+&
>>>>> ]]
>>>>>
>>>>> txt = TW.target.selection
>>>>> if (txt == nil) then txt = "" end
>>>>> TW.target.insertText("\\chapter{" .. txt .. "}")
>>>>> TW.target.selectRange(TW.target.selectionStart - string.len(txt) - 1,
>>>>> string.len(txt))
>>>>> ============================
>>>>>
>>>>> To create a \chapter{xyz} instruction I type "xyz", select this and
>>>>> type Alt+W& (the key where is "1", but on my belgian keyboard it has & as
>>>>> lower case). If I selct nothing I just have \chapter{}.
>>>>>
>>>>> You have to put the script file in the scripts folder.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Alain
>>>>> * to be confirmed by the specialists
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Le 14/03/2017 à 14:15, Z Br a écrit :
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi:
>>>>>
>>>>> I am using a shortcuts.ini file to create some custom shortcuts. I
>>>>> would like to have shortcuts which involve multiple letters, e.g. the
>>>>> familiar Alt+F+S to save the file. But when I include lines like this in
>>>>> shortcuts.ini,
>>>>> actionSave = Alt+F+S
>>>>> they do not work (literally nothing happens). Shortcuts with just one
>>>>> letter like
>>>>> actionSave = Alt+S
>>>>> do work.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there a way to create shortcuts with multiple letters?
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Zach
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> My setup:
>>>>> Win7 Enterprise x64
>>>>> TexWorks 0.6.1
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>
>>
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