Editor: improvement proposal - special character window

Nebucad · 06-27-2014, 03:51 PM

Hi Kovid Goyal,

You can customize the Editor to your needs, which is awesome. I would like to custumoze the special character window like the others one, just to be able to dock it at the editor. i made a screenshoot for better understanding.

What do you think about it?

kovidgoyal · 06-27-2014, 08:59 PM

I'm afraid not. If you find yourself using that tool a lot, I suggest using one of the faster ways to insert special characters, using only the keyboard http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/edit...ial-characters

phossler · 06-28-2014, 10:43 AM

1. A windows shortcut is to use Alt+#### on the numeric keypad to enter characters. That works even if the Alt-X is not available in a prog. E.g. Alt+0255 will insert the ÿ for you. You do need 4 numbers

2. http://www.phraseexpress.com/ has a 'autotext inserter' free for personal use that I found about here on MR

Define the text to type and the replacement text is inserted in the document. E.g. I defined y:: as ÿ so now when ever I type y:: I automatically get the ÿ.

06-27-2014, 03:51 PM	#1
Nebucad Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Nürnberg - Germany Device: Kindle 4 - Gen. 5	Editor: improvement proposal - special character window Hi Kovid Goyal, You can customize the Editor to your needs, which is awesome. I would like to custumoze the special character window like the others one, just to be able to dock it at the editor. i made a screenshoot for better understanding. What do you think about it? Attached Thumbnails

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06-27-2014, 08:59 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,857 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I'm afraid not. If you find yourself using that tool a lot, I suggest using one of the faster ways to insert special characters, using only the keyboard http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/edit...ial-characters

06-28-2014, 10:43 AM	#3
phossler Wizard Posts: 1,071 Karma: 412718 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Valley Forge, PA, USA Device: Kindle Paperwhite	1. A windows shortcut is to use Alt+#### on the numeric keypad to enter characters. That works even if the Alt-X is not available in a prog. E.g. Alt+0255 will insert the ÿ for you. You do need 4 numbers 2. http://www.phraseexpress.com/ has a 'autotext inserter' free for personal use that I found about here on MR Define the text to type and the replacement text is inserted in the document. E.g. I defined y:: as ÿ so now when ever I type y:: I automatically get the ÿ.

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