On Thu, 7 Jan 2016 18:43:11 -0500 Christopher Barry <[email protected]> said:
> > Raster, see inline... > > On Thu, 7 Jan 2016 11:24:42 +0900 > Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > > >On Wed, 6 Jan 2016 14:44:58 -0500 Christopher Barry wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> Is there a way to dump my key assignments to a text file? Like a > >> cheat-sheet type thing? > >> > >> I go in there, get all gung-ho, set a bunch of cool hot-keys, then > >> immediately forget them... It would be great to be able to dump the > >> list of all possible actions with their current assignments (or > >> blank if unassigned). > >> > >> Possible? It's not even feasible to screenshot the dialog, because > >> I'd need an entire screenshot for every possible hot-key! > >> > >> Another ignorant question: when I select an action that is already > >> assigned to a key combo, why is the assigned key combo not also > >> highlighted? This makes finding the hot-key, if set, not discoverable > >> by selecting the desired action, and is a bit confusing. > >> > >> Wondering if it's just using an inappropriate UI paradigm for the > >> task at hand. A sort-able, tabular format might be simpler and more > >> intuitive. > > > >it is a list of your bindings. each line is an entry/binding. no - it > >doesnt list the thing its bound to in the list next to it, but i think > >you have a special problem yourself of not remembering :) > > yep, getting old. that's not really a 'special' problem... you'll enjoy > it too someday :) > > > > >you can dump the e config into text: > > > >eet -d ~/.e/econfig/standard/e.cfg config out.txt > > > >trawl through out.txt. > > Cool, I'll try that. Thanks. > > Note: for debian, I needed to install libeet-bin to get eet. > I'm going to hack up a script to do what I want with this data, > and I'll post it later for other pre-Alzheimer's folk... thats a debian thing for breaking up the packages this way - it's up to you to figure this out as it is not how upstream ships things - eet (binary tool) is shipped with efl from us :) > >> For instance, adding a new key would add a new table row of two > >> fields, HotKey and Action, with the left 'HotKey' field selected, > >> and the modal 'Enter HotKey' dialog open. Enter the HotKey, and if > >> it does not already exist, it's entered into the left field, and the > >> cursor is automatically moved to the right field where the type of > >> entry field is a sorted drop-down list with all possible actions to > >> assign - possibly filtered to exclude (or gray out) already assigned > >> actions. > >> > >> Then potentially this table could be sent to the printer as a > >> formatted two column table for use as a cheatsheet/backup, and maybe > >> even saved to an importable textfile to setup other boxes easily > >> with your preferred hotkeys. > > > >you have a very very very special problem there. i have never seen > >anyone with a printed out paper of keybindings for their wm on their > >desk. cubicle wall etc. > > really. I do this a lot for programs I customize. blender has a > bazillion hot-keys. AutoCAD did as well. It's useful for me, and I'm > betting at least *one* other person in the World might use it if it > was available. > > >this would be a lot of support to support > >printing for the only case i have ever heard of needing printing out > >of bindings. :) > > yeah, a print button might be a stretch, but export to text that can > also be re-imported elsewhere would be very very very useful (to steal > your word usage) for duplicating settings to other boxen. you have it above :) > > > >the reason the ui is as it is is because that works best with the > >widgets we have atm with the least amount of effort. e has had forever > >on the todo to "clean up settings dialogs". we can improve them, but > >this takes a lot of time and effort. > > dig it, and I really really really do appreciate all the work you've > done on e. I love it. It has no peer. > > -- > Regards, > Christopher > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
