Help: Problems Using Expansion Dictionary in Edit (3.0)

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2 total messages Started by Geoff Brunkhorst Wed, 30 Dec 1992 20:12

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Author: Geoff Brunkhorst
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 20:12

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I am finaling working with my 3.0 machine, and have run smack into
a major problem; the functionality of Edit's Expansion Dictionary
is seems to be null for me.  I cannot get it to expand abbreviations,
let alone creating fields within the expansion.

The manual section seems to be incongruent with the presented options,
namely the Expansion Dictionary Window is totally different than the
window presented by the 3.0 App (verified with the CD-Rom version of
Edit.app).  Question:  Does the Edit  Expansion Dictionary work as advertised
under 3.0, making me look at the rest of my environment (part 2.1, part
3.0), or is it flat broke?


And another aside:

Has anyone been able to put command-key equivs on
User Pipe menu items via the documented method using
pipedict?  I have tried, and it seems to ignore
them.  Put the same line in .commanddict and it works
with out a problem.

--
- Geoff
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Geoffrey Brunkhorst                           brunkhorst@Mayo.edu
Research Computing Facility, Guggenheim 10         (507) 284-1805
Mayo Foundation, Rochester MN, 55905, USA      fax (507) 284-5231

Answers to: Help: Problems Using Expansion Dictionary in Edit (3.0)

#1998

Author: Geoff Brunkhorst
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 23:27

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In article <1992Dec30.201224.22572@bmw.mayo.edu> brunkhorst@mayo.edu (Geoff  
Brunkhorst) writes:
> I am finaling working with my 3.0 machine, and have run smack into
> a major problem; the functionality of Edit's Expansion Dictionary
> is seems to be null for me.  I cannot get it to expand abbreviations,
> let alone creating fields within the expansion.

My NeXT CC came back with the suggestion of running with Emac's key-bindings
turned ON.  It didn't change the Expansion Dictionary's presentation (where
are all those buttons anyway?), but the escape key now works to signal
an abbreviation.

> Has anyone been able to put command-key equivs on
> User Pipe menu items via the documented method using
> pipedict?  I have tried, and it seems to ignore
> them.  Put the same line in .commanddict and it works
> with out a problem.

After some further testing, it is apparent that Edit will not use some keys as  
command-keys.  I was trying to use command-j for a date function (to mirror  
WordPerfect)  and it didn't work. Using command-5, all is well.  I cannot see
why command-j is not allowed, as it is not already defined as a command key
in Edit, nor is it used by any of the Services defined to work with Edit.

--
- Geoff
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Geoffrey Brunkhorst                           brunkhorst@Mayo.edu
Research Computing Facility, Guggenheim 10         (507) 284-1805
Mayo Foundation, Rochester MN, 55905, USA      fax (507) 284-5231

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