jmarc jmumbled,
> >>>>> "dochawk" == dochawk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> dochawk> Hey, somebody's looking at something I wrote :)
>
> Erm, I am sorry, but I'll have to announce you that I have just
> deleted your code...
awe :(
More seriously, as long as I get to keep my function, I'm happy.
It was kind of a crude way of doing it, anyway.
> We now try to use the same function for all word
> selection stuff, for the sake of consistency.
That's what I wanted to do in the first place :) I couldn't find
anything at the time that would do what I needed--I think the closest I
could come would come up with halfwords at times; it's all kind of
vague.
> Of course, if you notice
> something you do not like with the new function, we can try to improve
> it.
now I need to look at code :)
> dochawk> It's been a couple of years since I wrote or looked at that,
> dochawk> but it seems to me that I wrote a new function to determine
> dochawk> the "last word." The logic to it is to default to the word
> dochawk> you just typed, or one that you have clicked on. I think the
> dochawk> typical case of inserting an index entry is immediately after
> dochawk> typing it, so punctuation should also be allowed but not
> dochawk> included. e.g., if i type "end.<insert index>" it should
> dochawk> offer "end"
>
> Hmm, I am not sure this one works with current code. I'll have to check.
What really matters
for the auto-selction is that it be "finger-rememberable." I assume
that having to hit it before the punctuation rather than afterwards can
be habitualized (hmm, is that a word)? OTOH, having to hit an arrow
first would be rough, though.
> dochawk> I think we do :) Index-preceding can be done entirely from
> dochawk> the keyboard, and is designed to be right in the usual case.
> dochawk> It's actually a descendent of one of my old word 5.1 macros.
> dochawk> While typing, I get annoyed any time I have to use the mouse.
> OK, so come up with a shorter name :)
I think I started with index-last, didn't I? It vaguely seems to me
that the name we ended up with wasn't what I started with. Is "Index
last" or "Index prior" descriptive enough? Perhaps, "Index, damnit!"
to indicate to just index without dialog? <= my friday contribution.
It *is* friday, this time, isn't it?
hawk
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