Re: Hot-keys

On Tuesday 22 July 2008 5:33:08 am malcolm wrote:
> Hello, All,
>
> I'm wondering if it's possible to bind a series of key-strokes to a
> hot-key. For example, i have some very large documents to re-format, and
> the lines are very short, so to lengthen them i find it necessary to press
> <end> <space> <del>, but it's easy to mis-stroke and run words together or
> introduce unwanted double-spaces.
>
> Can anyone tell me if it is possible to do this, and maybe - if it is -
> to give me some guidance?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Warmest Regards,
> malcolm
>

Please see the docs regarding Actions. They enable you to create scripts and 
bind a key. Now if you stop thinking in terms of keystrokes and think in 
terms of what you want to do you could...

- use sed to replace \n with a space in a selected block (in fact you could 
even do this with the find and replace using regexp)

- use DCOP to move the cursor

This is really just some of the possiblities. You could create a script that 
removes returns unless they are attached to tags for instance.


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Eric Laffoon
Project Lead - kdewebdev module