Request more editing features in Calibre-editor

jjk · 11-23-2020, 09:09 AM

As a complement to my previous thread, so here are my wishes for text editing :

a) being able to select the contents of a tag is already possible by Ctrl-Alt-T. Say I have

Code:

<div><p>blah blah<I>blah in italic</I>foo foo</p></div>

If I'm on the word "italic", Ctrl-Alt-T selects "blah in italic". With a 2nd Ctrl-Alt-T I would like to be able to select blah in italic, with a 3rd Ctrl-Alt-T I would select blah blahblah in italic foo foo, etc. finally I could select entirely <body>...</body>

Incidentally, I couldn't find a way to change the hotkey for Ctrl-Alt-T

b) be able to select an entire line (with or without CRLF) and be able to associate it with a hotkey

c) be able to clone selected line(s) and be able to associate it with a hotkey

d) be able to move selected line(s) up or down and be able to associate them with a hotkey

e) be able to close (surround) selected text with any tag, or be able to add items to the list of possible tags (menu </>)

f) be able to assign hotkeys to all currently available editing functions, such as Ctrl + i for or Ctrl-b for that are already available

Best regards

kovidgoyal · 11-23-2020, 10:14 AM

I'm afraid making the textual keybings customizable is too much effort for me. For the rest many of them you can already do, for example:

b) Home, Shift+end
c) ctrl+c + ctrl+v
e) the insert tag button already does this

And if you really want to do powerful things with the keyboard, learn to use snippets: https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/snippets.html

jjk · 11-23-2020, 04:10 PM

Thanks for your quick answer.

"Too much effort" for you. Sure, I understand it.

e) what I ask you is to be able to customize the list of that button

And, yes, I'm aware for snippets. These are good tools. But, unless I'm wrong, snippets are not able to surround some selected text, ie to insert some text1 before selected text, and some text2 after it. Often, I don't have to create code, but I have to modify it, so I select words before modifying around it.

About my first wish, to extend selection between imbricated tags recursively from inside to outside, I make a simpler request : instead of that, I'd wish to be able to select all the text (including any tags inside) between selected tag and the paired tag (supposing cursor is anywhere in some tag, between < and >). Of course there would be the matching hotkey

It would be almost like current Ctrl-Alt-T, but instead of between >..<, between <tag>..</tag>

Best regards

kovidgoyal · 11-23-2020, 10:28 PM

yes, snippets can surround text, read the bottom couple of parapgraphs of https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/sni...tml-link-tag-a

and to expand ctrl+alt+t to the parent tag, after pressing it simply hold down shift and move the cursor beyond the edge of the closing tag and press catrl+alt+t again.

kovidgoyal · 11-23-2020, 10:51 PM

And here you go: https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...451d036444323f

Although since you seem to want to use th keyboard for this, you are better fo creating a snippet.

jjk · 11-24-2020, 03:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

yes, snippets can surround text, read the bottom couple of parapgraphs of https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/sni...tml-link-tag-a

and to expand ctrl+alt+t to the parent tag, after pressing it simply hold down shift and move the cursor beyond the edge of the closing tag and press catrl+alt+t again.

Snippets : still a thing I learned today

Expand : not perfect, but better than nothing

jjk · 11-24-2020, 03:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

And here you go: https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...451d036444323f

Although since you seem to want to use th keyboard for this, you are better fo creating a snippet.

Sorry, but I am not sure to understand.
Will you mean that you'll add it in a next version ?
So I will be able to add customized tags in </> menu

kovidgoyal · 11-24-2020, 10:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jjk

Will you mean that you'll add it in a next version ?
So I will be able to add customized tags in </> menu

yes .

jjk · 11-27-2020, 02:53 PM

Just got 5.6
Thanks for Allow adding tags to the list of tags for the insert tag button

11-23-2020, 09:09 AM	#1
jjk Enthusiast Posts: 38 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Paris (France) Device: Kobo Kindle Vivlio-Inkpad3	Request more editing features in Calibre-editor As a complement to my previous thread, so here are my wishes for text editing : a) being able to select the contents of a tag is already possible by Ctrl-Alt-T. Say I have Code: <div><p>blah blah<I>blah in italic</I>foo foo</p></div> If I'm on the word "italic", Ctrl-Alt-T selects "blah in italic". With a 2nd Ctrl-Alt-T I would like to be able to select <I>blah in italic</I>, with a 3rd Ctrl-Alt-T I would select <P>blah blah<I>blah in italic</I> foo foo</p>, etc. finally I could select entirely <body>...</body> Incidentally, I couldn't find a way to change the hotkey for Ctrl-Alt-T b) be able to select an entire line (with or without CRLF) and be able to associate it with a hotkey c) be able to clone selected line(s) and be able to associate it with a hotkey d) be able to move selected line(s) up or down and be able to associate them with a hotkey e) be able to close (surround) selected text with any tag, or be able to add items to the list of possible tags (menu </>) f) be able to assign hotkeys to all currently available editing functions, such as Ctrl + i for <i> or Ctrl-b for <b> that are already available Best regards

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11-23-2020, 10:14 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,858 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I'm afraid making the textual keybings customizable is too much effort for me. For the rest many of them you can already do, for example: b) Home, Shift+end c) ctrl+c + ctrl+v e) the insert tag button already does this And if you really want to do powerful things with the keyboard, learn to use snippets: https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/snippets.html

11-23-2020, 04:10 PM	#3
jjk Enthusiast Posts: 38 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Paris (France) Device: Kobo Kindle Vivlio-Inkpad3	Thanks for your quick answer. "Too much effort" for you. Sure, I understand it. e) what I ask you is to be able to customize the list of that button And, yes, I'm aware for snippets. These are good tools. But, unless I'm wrong, snippets are not able to surround some selected text, ie to insert some text1 before selected text, and some text2 after it. Often, I don't have to create code, but I have to modify it, so I select words before modifying around it. About my first wish, to extend selection between imbricated tags recursively from inside to outside, I make a simpler request : instead of that, I'd wish to be able to select all the text (including any tags inside) between selected tag and the paired tag (supposing cursor is anywhere in some tag, between < and >). Of course there would be the matching hotkey It would be almost like current Ctrl-Alt-T, but instead of between >..<, between <tag>..</tag> Best regards

11-23-2020, 10:28 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,858 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	yes, snippets can surround text, read the bottom couple of parapgraphs of https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/sni...tml-link-tag-a and to expand ctrl+alt+t to the parent tag, after pressing it simply hold down shift and move the cursor beyond the edge of the closing tag and press catrl+alt+t again.

11-23-2020, 10:51 PM	#5
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,858 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	And here you go: https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...451d036444323f Although since you seem to want to use th keyboard for this, you are better fo creating a snippet.

11-27-2020, 02:53 PM	#9
jjk Enthusiast Posts: 38 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Paris (France) Device: Kobo Kindle Vivlio-Inkpad3	Just got 5.6 Thanks for Allow adding tags to the list of tags for the insert tag button

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