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| Started by | Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> |
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| First post | 2020-06-05 13:50 +0200 |
| Last post | 2020-06-05 18:10 +0200 |
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LibreOffice Writer - Help system font too small Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2020-06-05 13:50 +0200
Re: LibreOffice Writer - Help system font too small John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2020-06-05 14:10 +0200
THANK YOU!!!! -was- [Re: LibreOffice Writer - Help system font too small] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2020-06-05 14:40 +0200
Re: LibreOffice Writer - Help system font too small mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2020-06-05 17:00 +0200
Re: LibreOffice Writer - Help system font too small Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2020-06-05 17:20 +0200
Re: LibreOffice Writer - Help system font too small Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> - 2020-06-05 18:10 +0200
| From | Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> |
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| Date | 2020-06-05 13:50 +0200 |
| Subject | LibreOffice Writer - Help system font too small |
| Message-ID | <Aej1f-2Pv-1@gated-at.bofh.it> |
On a LUG mailing list I asked for a *text editor* which could set tabs at arbitrary column locations. I was referred to LibreOffice Writer. Clicking the Help button yields unreadably small text. How do I set the Help system's font size to something legible? Suggestions for a *text editor*, *NOT word processor*, which can set tab stops at column N1, N2, N3, ... ? Typical *text editors* set distance between stops to one specific value. TIA
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| From | John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> |
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| Date | 2020-06-05 14:10 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <AejkB-3ba-3@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #223070 |
Richard Owlett writes: > Suggestions for a *text editor*, *NOT word processor*, which can set > tab stops at column N1, N2, N3, ... ? Emacs. -- John Hasler jhasler@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA
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| From | Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> |
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| Date | 2020-06-05 14:40 +0200 |
| Subject | THANK YOU!!!! -was- [Re: LibreOffice Writer - Help system font too small] |
| Message-ID | <AejND-3kl-1@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #223071 |
On 06/05/2020 07:07 AM, John Hasler wrote: > Richard Owlett writes: >> Suggestions for a *text editor*, *NOT word processor*, which can set >> tab stops at column N1, N2, N3, ... ? > > Emacs. > Took me <30 seconds to set Help text font to legible size. Not sure why it took me that long *ROFL* The tutorial's author has a sense of humor. I'm drooling over contents of "goodies package". Now to read the tutorial. THANK YOU
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| From | mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2020-06-05 17:00 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <AelZ8-5Gs-5@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #223070 |
On 2020-06-05 12:47, Richard Owlett wrote: > Suggestions for a *text editor*, *NOT word processor*, which can set > tab stops at column N1, N2, N3, ... ? Typical *text editors* set > distance between stops to one specific value. If I understand correctly. I had a look and you can set the tab distance in vi and to use them Ctrl+v then Tab. I suppose if you want varying distances you could make the stops tiny in ~/.vimrc. mick -- Key ID 4BFEBB31
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| From | Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> |
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| Date | 2020-06-05 17:20 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <Aemit-63L-1@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #223075 |
On 06/05/2020 09:58 AM, mick crane wrote: > On 2020-06-05 12:47, Richard Owlett wrote: > >> Suggestions for a *text editor*, *NOT word processor*, which can set >> tab stops at column N1, N2, N3, ... ? Typical *text editors* set >> distance between stops to one specific value. > > If I understand correctly. > I had a look and you can set the tab distance in vi > and to use them Ctrl+v then Tab. I suppose if you want varying > distances you could make the stops tiny in ~/.vimrc. > > mick > Thank you. I followed John's suggestion and installed Emacs. I've just finished 1st reading of the excellent introductory tutorial. The GUI version commands closely follow conventions I'm used to. Setting tab stops via the command M-x edit-tab-stops appears to be exactly what I was looking for. Thank you.
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| From | Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> |
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| Date | 2020-06-05 18:10 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <Aen4R-6Bf-11@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #223077 |
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If you're used to the common keystrokes for copy/cut/paste/undo of C-c/C-x/C-v/C-z, then you'll want to enable CUA mode. There are caveats that certain commands won't mirror the tutorial exactly but as far as I use Emacs, it is a benefit. I do disable CUA mode when I use Org mode as it uses the Shift+arrow keys for special functions rather than selecting text. - Nate -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Web: https://www.n0nb.us Projects: https://github.com/N0NB GPG fingerprint: 82D6 4F6B 0E67 CD41 F689 BBA6 FB2C 5130 D55A 8819
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