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[Phil Weir <phil.t.weir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>
> I noticed that when trying to use the new factorial definition, I had to
> click the factorial option (Discrete->Factorial), rather than just type the
> more intuitive ! directly.
>
> Although it shouldn't be too hard to add this shortcut directly into the
> code, would it not be better to have the key press defined in the definition
> file? That way people can create their own set of definitions with their own
> set of key presses, and not have to interact directly with the base code.
>
> Of course, this functionality may be there already and I may have just
> missed it. If that's the case, how would one go about adding keypresses to
> the definition files.


Good thinking - nope, it's not added yet, but should be. A basic setup could
entail an entry in GlyphMaker that takes a string key combination as
parsable by gtk.accelerator_parse [
http://www.pygtk.org/docs/pygtk/class-gtkaccelgroup.html#function-gtk--accelerator-parse]
and sticks a node <key combination="!"/> into the XML. It would be a
good
prompt to begin moving combination handling over to a GTK managed
AccelGroup, rather than manually through if statements.

Combinations using Super are currently reserved for phrase-handled actions
(e.g. Super+Right in a subscript turns it to a differentiation, in a
superscript it turns an exponent into an index).

P