RE: [XaraXtreme-dev] Text formatting enhancements

["Charles Moir" <CharlesM@xxxxxxxx>]

Excellent. The current build (1446) seems to have the feature in and
working (after a very brief test).

The focus issue is a pain (where it takes focus when clicking on the
ruler, so you have to click back in the document to do anything
further).

I will test some more and provide feedback later.  I notice a few things
straight away that are different to the Windows version, which may well
be existing bugs in the text tool rather than related to the new stuff.
E.g. Ctrl-A doesn't work (select all) and Esc neither (select text
object), and triple click (select line) don't work.

Also Ctrl-L selects Rulers, in Xara Windows version it selects the whole
line (when in text tool). Also Ctrl-W. So it seems a number of text key
short-cuts are not working.

(It's annoying that Ctrl-L is used by the text tool as that's also used
for rulers, so perhaps you've disabled this in the text tool?)

But the tab stuff seems to work, so this is great step forward after
many years. Very good stuff.

Charles
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:owner-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Martin Wuerthner
> Sent: 15 July 2006 10:12
> To: dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [XaraXtreme-dev] Text formatting enhancements
> 
> The text tool now supports left, right, centre and decimal tab stops.
> To create a tab character in text, simply press the Tab key.
> 
> While a text object is selected or the cursor is in a text 
> object the page ruler (enabled by pressing Ctrl-L) displays 
> the text ruler with the tab stops that apply to the current 
> paragraph. The formatting width (i.e., unbounded for 
> non-wrapping text lines) of the current text object is 
> highlighted in white on the ruler.
> 
> The "current tab stop type" button to the left of the origin 
> shows the currently selected tab stop type. By clicking on 
> the button you can cycle through the four available tab stop 
> types. Clicking within the highlighted area on the ruler 
> creates a tab stop of the currently selected type. You can 
> move existing tab stops simply by dragging them somewhere 
> else on the ruler (the mouse pointer used during dragging 
> will eventually be the tab stop graphic). You can delete tab 
> stops by dragging them off the ruler. Any changes to the 
> ruler are applied to the selection (i.e., the selected text 
> or text objects) or to the paragraph the cursor is in if no 
> text is selected.
> 
> The default text ruler attribute is empty, but there are 
> always implicit tab stops at equidistant positions beyond the 
> last user-created tab stop. These are shown on the tab ruler, too.
> 
> Decimal tab stops align to the decimal point character as 
> defined in the current locale. The decimal point character is 
> stored in the tab stop, so files display the same even when 
> moved between locales.
> 
> Known limitations:
>    - In addition to the tab stops, the text ruler also shows 
>      markers for the left/right margin and the first line indent. 
>      These cannot be dragged yet.
>    - Clicking on the ruler steals the keyboard focus from the 
>      document view, so after editing the ruler, you have to click 
>      in the text to put the focus back before you can continue 
>      typing.
>    - EPS export for tabs is not implemented yet.
> 
> Apart from these limitations, the implementation is supposed 
> to be stable, so if you find anything wrong, please file a bug report.
> 
> Martin
>