Implementing text navigation shortcuts

2015-01-29 23:06 GMT+01:00 Laura Risani <[hidden email]>:

Hi all,

I like to implement a keyboard shortcut for, while editing any text, move the text pointer to the next position after $: .

Seems that the base of all text editing is the class #TextMorphForEditView. I see there there is an instance variable for the text. My problem is i can not find a method that tells/sets the current position in the text of the text pointer.

I've tried going through the list of methods of #TextMorphForEditView and its superclasses. Also through the one of senders of #arrowRight trying to find the instantiation of #KMKeyCombination needed to implement the existing shortcut "ctrl + right arrow" which jumps to the next position after an space, but i found nothing.

Best,

Laura

Hello Laura,

not all editing functions are actually in the TextMorph (TextMorphForEditView ...) classes or the Text class, instead they delegated this to an editor
class (Editor/SimpleEditor/SmalltalkEditor...).

And - yes that is bad -  not all keyboard shortcuts go through KMKeyCombination and KMKeymap.
The SmalltalkEditor class defines its own shortcut handler.

For exampe: cmd+shift+a -> #argAdvance:

This method searches for the next $: followed by a space and place the caret after the space.

nicolai

Yes we should continue to remove the old key-bindings hard-coded.

Stef

Le 30/1/15 00:48, Nicolai Hess a écrit :

2015-01-29 23:06 GMT+01:00 Laura Risani <[hidden email]>:

Hi all,

I like to implement a keyboard shortcut for, while editing any text, move the text pointer to the next position after $: .

Seems that the base of all text editing is the class #TextMorphForEditView. I see there there is an instance variable for the text. My problem is i can not find a method that tells/sets the current position in the text of the text pointer.

I've tried going through the list of methods of #TextMorphForEditView and its superclasses. Also through the one of senders of #arrowRight trying to find the instantiation of #KMKeyCombination needed to implement the existing shortcut "ctrl + right arrow" which jumps to the next position after an space, but i found nothing.

Best,

Laura

Hello Laura,

not all editing functions are actually in the TextMorph (TextMorphForEditView ...) classes or the Text class, instead they delegated this to an editor
class (Editor/SimpleEditor/SmalltalkEditor...).

And - yes that is bad -  not all keyboard shortcuts go through KMKeyCombination and KMKeymap.
The SmalltalkEditor class defines its own shortcut handler.

For exampe: cmd+shift+a -> #argAdvance:

This method searches for the next $: followed by a space and place the caret after the space.

nicolai

Rubric is already in the image and has most of these keybindings properly defined.

Doru

On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 11:09 AM, stepharo <[hidden email]> wrote:

Yes we should continue to remove the old key-bindings hard-coded.

Stef

Le 30/1/15 00:48, Nicolai Hess a écrit :

2015-01-29 23:06 GMT+01:00 Laura Risani <[hidden email]>:

Hi all,

I like to implement a keyboard shortcut for, while editing any text, move the text pointer to the next position after $: .

Seems that the base of all text editing is the class #TextMorphForEditView. I see there there is an instance variable for the text. My problem is i can not find a method that tells/sets the current position in the text of the text pointer.

I've tried going through the list of methods of #TextMorphForEditView and its superclasses. Also through the one of senders of #arrowRight trying to find the instantiation of #KMKeyCombination needed to implement the existing shortcut "ctrl + right arrow" which jumps to the next position after an space, but i found nothing.

Best,

Laura

Hello Laura,

not all editing functions are actually in the TextMorph (TextMorphForEditView ...) classes or the Text class, instead they delegated this to an editor
class (Editor/SimpleEditor/SmalltalkEditor...).

And - yes that is bad -  not all keyboard shortcuts go through KMKeyCombination and KMKeymap.
The SmalltalkEditor class defines its own shortcut handler.

For exampe: cmd+shift+a -> #argAdvance:

This method searches for the next $: followed by a space and place the caret after the space.

nicolai

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Can Rubric be used for displaying paragraphs etc ? I want to improve the documentation situation for pharo by improving the help tool. 

Nothing major just something that will improve the general look. Shortucts also play a huge role in this, I really like Emacs documentation system that allow you to navigate via shortcuts . 

On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 12:13 PM, Tudor Girba <[hidden email]> wrote:

Rubric is already in the image and has most of these keybindings properly defined.

Doru

On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 11:09 AM, stepharo <[hidden email]> wrote:

Yes we should continue to remove the old key-bindings hard-coded.

Stef

Le 30/1/15 00:48, Nicolai Hess a écrit :

2015-01-29 23:06 GMT+01:00 Laura Risani <[hidden email]>:

Hi all,

I like to implement a keyboard shortcut for, while editing any text, move the text pointer to the next position after $: .

Seems that the base of all text editing is the class #TextMorphForEditView. I see there there is an instance variable for the text. My problem is i can not find a method that tells/sets the current position in the text of the text pointer.

I've tried going through the list of methods of #TextMorphForEditView and its superclasses. Also through the one of senders of #arrowRight trying to find the instantiation of #KMKeyCombination needed to implement the existing shortcut "ctrl + right arrow" which jumps to the next position after an space, but i found nothing.

Best,

Laura

Hello Laura,

not all editing functions are actually in the TextMorph (TextMorphForEditView ...) classes or the Text class, instead they delegated this to an editor
class (Editor/SimpleEditor/SmalltalkEditor...).

And - yes that is bad -  not all keyboard shortcuts go through KMKeyCombination and KMKeymap.
The SmalltalkEditor class defines its own shortcut handler.

For exampe: cmd+shift+a -> #argAdvance:

This method searches for the next $: followed by a space and place the caret after the space.

nicolai

--

www.tudorgirba.com

"Every thing has its own flow"

Rubric is basically a clone of TextMorph that was significantly refactored by Alain.

Just keep in mind that Rubric is just a bridge solution. The goal is to adopt TxText as soon as possible.

Cheers,

Doru

On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 11:23 AM, kilon alios <[hidden email]> wrote:

Can Rubric be used for displaying paragraphs etc ? I want to improve the documentation situation for pharo by improving the help tool. 

Nothing major just something that will improve the general look. Shortucts also play a huge role in this, I really like Emacs documentation system that allow you to navigate via shortcuts . 

On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 12:13 PM, Tudor Girba <[hidden email]> wrote:

Rubric is already in the image and has most of these keybindings properly defined.

Doru

On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 11:09 AM, stepharo <[hidden email]> wrote:

Yes we should continue to remove the old key-bindings hard-coded.

Stef

Le 30/1/15 00:48, Nicolai Hess a écrit :

2015-01-29 23:06 GMT+01:00 Laura Risani <[hidden email]>:

Hi all,

I like to implement a keyboard shortcut for, while editing any text, move the text pointer to the next position after $: .

Seems that the base of all text editing is the class #TextMorphForEditView. I see there there is an instance variable for the text. My problem is i can not find a method that tells/sets the current position in the text of the text pointer.

I've tried going through the list of methods of #TextMorphForEditView and its superclasses. Also through the one of senders of #arrowRight trying to find the instantiation of #KMKeyCombination needed to implement the existing shortcut "ctrl + right arrow" which jumps to the next position after an space, but i found nothing.

Best,

Laura

Hello Laura,

not all editing functions are actually in the TextMorph (TextMorphForEditView ...) classes or the Text class, instead they delegated this to an editor
class (Editor/SimpleEditor/SmalltalkEditor...).

And - yes that is bad -  not all keyboard shortcuts go through KMKeyCombination and KMKeymap.
The SmalltalkEditor class defines its own shortcut handler.

For exampe: cmd+shift+a -> #argAdvance:

This method searches for the next $: followed by a space and place the caret after the space.

nicolai

--

www.tudorgirba.com

"Every thing has its own flow"

--

www.tudorgirba.com

"Every thing has its own flow"