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[Frank <address@hidden>]

Hi Joris,

By the way,

> Yes, documentation is missing on this issue;
> the integrated shortcut editor is fairly new.
>
> Basically, you can attach Scheme commands to shortcuts,
> like you did with kbd-map.

Is it possible to print out all keybindings that exists on the current 
setting? That is to say, to generate an automatic help page for all 
keybindings (including the user-defined ones).

Best,
Frank

On 6/30/21, TeXmacs wrote:
> Hi Pierre-Henri,
>
> On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 09:21:24AM +0200, Pierre-Henri Jondot wrote:
> > For matrices, the shortcuts C-arrows to add new lines and columns is 
> > absolutely needed, but by default it conflicts with macos already defined 
> > shortcuts ( it changes spaces). I tried emacs style keymapping in TeXmacs, 
> > but it didn't help much as I lost the ability to enter a large centered math 
> > equation. Indeed, option+$ on a french layout gives the euro € char.
>
> Yes, the keyboard under MacOS is somewhat a pain.
>
> I personally redefined many built-in shortcuts using
> the joint modifier keys Control+Option+Command,
> so that they never conflict with TeXmacs.
>
> > It might be there is an easy way to adjust standard keyboard shortcuts, but to be 
> > honest, I've not been able to find it yet. I had some hope with the 
> > Tools->Keyboard->Edit shortcuts (something like that I suppose in English) 
> > but I couldn't find how one uses that...
>
> Yes, documentation is missing on this issue;
> the integrated shortcut editor is fairly new.
>
> Basically, you can attach Scheme commands to shortcuts,
> like you did with kbd-map.  Also, when you are inside
> an environment such as 'theorem', you can create
> a shortcut for inserting that environment using
>
>      Focus -> Preferences -> Create shortcut
>
> In general, it still assumes that you know the appropriate
> Scheme commands, which might not be extremely user-friendly
> for newcomers.  Ideas for a simpler interface are welcome.
>
> > I went the easy way for the time being, disabling macos shortcuts, and 
> > staying with Mac OS style for keyboard shortcuts within TeXmacs.
> >
> > Then I configured a few shortcuts by adding to my-init-texmacs.scm :
> >
> > (kbd-map
> >     ("t t t" (make 'theorem))
> >     ("f f f" (make 'folded-env))
> >     ("p p p" (make 'proposition))
> >     ("e e e" (make 'exercise))
> >     ("s s s" (make 'solution*))
> > )
> >
> > It works... somewhat, but is most probably not the right way to do it...
>
> Yes, this is perfectly reasonable.  The only minor thing I see is that,
> with your scheme to repeat the same letter thrice, you may quickly
> run out of letters.
>
> > especially as regards the folded-env... It works like this : I hit three 
> > times f, then enter, then I add my theorem or exercise, then I unfold and add 
> > the solution or demonstration (for which I'll need another shortcut of 
> > course, but I'm not there yet...)
>
> Note that you may use the shortcut C-* (Emacs profile) to unfold.
>
> > That was not what I had in mind. I wanted to use the capslock which I 
> > redefined, with the help of Karabiner, to serve as a shift+control+option 
> > modifier (which I then use in karabiner to have quicker access to \ [ ] { } 
> > which are a bit of a pain on a macos keyboard...), so I would have liked that 
> > hitting capslock-f (which translates to shift+control+command-f) to begin a 
> > folded environment. Instead I hit thrice f for the time being, which is quite 
> > usable, but I'd be curious to know what I would have needed to write for it 
> > to work. I tried quite a few things, but I was not successful.
>
> If you manage to let TeXmacs receive the correct keyboard code,
> then you may look at the file 'prefix-kbd.scm'
> which defines default rewriting rules of this kind.
>
> Best wishes, --Joris