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Since there are user-definable keyboard shortcuts, how about the ability to save a shortcut set so if someone's used to Quark they can just load the Quark shortcut set? Would lower the initial inconvenience of switching to a new DTP prog. Apparently this is already planned.
1.2.1 has user-editable keyboard shortcuts. [[User:Cbradney|Cbradney]] tells me 1.3 will have the ability to load and save custom shortcut sets in xml files, so if someone's used to eg. Quark they can just load the Quark shortcut set. Hopefully this should mitigate the initial disorientation involved in switching to a new DTP prog.


* I have rewritten the menu system and some of the shortcut manager. One of my next tasks is to allow loadable shortcut sets. We need the sets created. Perhaps someone would like to start this off by listing the shortcuts from their favourite DTP app. You do not need to create it in a special format, just list them here. eg.
I've put a couple of shortcuts xml files [http://www.joebutton.co.uk/scribus/shortcuts/ here] to start the bowl rolling.
Application - Function - Shortcut<br>
XYZ - Copy - Control C


--[[User:Cbradney|Cbradney]] 23:43, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)
* Quark 4 file is incomplete - will try and fix it soon
* The default Scribus shortcuts should probably be included in the other keysets unless those shortcuts are assigned to something else
* Identify important functions for which it's not currently possible to assign shortcuts in Scribus, eg. Edit text, Zoom in / out
* More shortcut sets, eg. Indesign, MS Publisher, Serif Pageplus, Gimp, Inkscape (Actually I think Scribus should probably aim to have common shortcuts with Gimp / Inkscape as a default - setting the defaults to be as usable as possible is a separate matter from the loadable key set thing. It might still be useful to have a unified list of shortcuts used by various apps).


:I've put a couple of shortcuts xml files [http://www.joebutton.co.uk/scribus/shortcuts/ here] to start the bowl rolling.
Quark 5 shortcuts are listed in [http://www.quark.com/service/desktop/cust_service/pdf/Win5KeyShort.pdf this pdf]. Anyone fancy hacking them out or retyping them all? :-)
 
:* Quark 4 file is incomplete - will try and fix it soon
 
:* The default Scribus shortcuts should probably be included in the other keysets unless those shortcuts are assigned to something else
 
:* Identify functions for which it's not currently possible to assign shortcuts in Scribus, eg. Edit text, Zoom in / out
 
:* More shortcut sets needed, eg. Indesign, Gimp, Inkscape (Actually I think Scribus should probably aim to have common shortcuts with Gimp / Inkscape as a default - setting the defaults to be as usable as possible is a separate matter from the loadable key set thing. It might still be useful to have a unified list of shortcuts used by various apps).--[[User:Joeboy|Joeboy]] 17:49, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 
Quark 5 shortcuts are listed in [http://www.quark.com/service/desktop/cust_service/pdf/Win5KeyShort.pdf this pdf]. Anyone fancy hacking them out or retyping them all? :-) --[[User:Joeboy|Joeboy]] 15:46, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)


How about user-definable mouse shortcuts, eg. triple-click text selects paragraph like in Word for example?
How about user-definable mouse shortcuts, eg. triple-click text selects paragraph like in Word for example?
:[[User:Cbradney|Cbradney]] tells me this is difficult / unlikely, but the 1.3 roadmap includes work on mouse text selection


Instead of escaping the characters (eg in PM 6.5 file), please use the format of:
--[[User:Joeboy|Joeboy]] 01:29, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
<function name="pageInsert" shortcut="Ctrl+Shift+&amp;quot;"  />
--[[User:Cbradney|Cbradney]] 20:21, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 
:OK, I've updated the files accordingly. --[[User:Joeboy|Joeboy]] 00:32, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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1.2.1 has user-editable keyboard shortcuts. Cbradney tells me 1.3 will have the ability to load and save custom shortcut sets in xml files, so if someone's used to eg. Quark they can just load the Quark shortcut set. Hopefully this should mitigate the initial disorientation involved in switching to a new DTP prog.

I've put a couple of shortcuts xml files here to start the bowl rolling.

  • Quark 4 file is incomplete - will try and fix it soon
  • The default Scribus shortcuts should probably be included in the other keysets unless those shortcuts are assigned to something else
  • Identify important functions for which it's not currently possible to assign shortcuts in Scribus, eg. Edit text, Zoom in / out
  • More shortcut sets, eg. Indesign, MS Publisher, Serif Pageplus, Gimp, Inkscape (Actually I think Scribus should probably aim to have common shortcuts with Gimp / Inkscape as a default - setting the defaults to be as usable as possible is a separate matter from the loadable key set thing. It might still be useful to have a unified list of shortcuts used by various apps).

Quark 5 shortcuts are listed in this pdf. Anyone fancy hacking them out or retyping them all? :-)

How about user-definable mouse shortcuts, eg. triple-click text selects paragraph like in Word for example?

Cbradney tells me this is difficult / unlikely, but the 1.3 roadmap includes work on mouse text selection

--Joeboy 01:29, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)