Re: View / Preview Pane accelerator (was: Re: [Evolution] I type a single-quote and get an acute accent)

["Patrick O'Callaghan" <poc usb ve>]

On Fri, 2005-01-07 at 17:23 +0100, guenther wrote:
> > Note that you can get an apostrophe rather than an accent by hitting
> > single-quote+space. My fingers do this by muscle-memory (I have an
> > apostrophe in my surname :-)
>
> Isn't this a common char in English? Just like the forth char in this
> paragraph? ;)

No, it's the fourth char :-)

> I can't believe the English keyboard layout needs a Space after this. I
> don't need a Space to get the apostrophe appear using a German keyboard
> layout. (Neither do I need the Space for a backtick.)

The keyboard doesn't, but when typing in a "dead-key" mode it does.
That's what dead keys are all about.

> This seems to be screwed anyway. The menu and the accelerator definition
> (see below) sets "grave" (which should be the backtick or backquote,
> right?) -- whereas we are talking about a single quote here...
>
>
> > On a related note, I haven't found any way to type Ctrl-` (control-
> > backquote), the accelerator for Preview Pane in Evo. Hints would be
> > appreciated.
>
> There is another accelerator for View / Preview Pane that works for me
> (German keyboard layout). In addition to Ctrl-grave, Ctrl-hash works for
> me (hash is on the same key as the single quote on German keyboards,
> just without the Shift modifier).

No, doesn't work for me (the # is above the 3 on US keyboards. I also
tried Ctrl-" (the ' is above ") but no luck.
> Now to the actual "hint" part, as you requested. ;)
>
> You can change accelerators (and a lot more) in a bunch of XML files.
> You need to be root (more precisely, the one who installed Evolution).
>
> The View / Preview Pane accelerator is defined in your
> $prefix/share/evolution/2.0/ui/evolution-mail-global.xml file. It's this
> chunk:
>
>     <cmd name="ViewPreview"
>      _tip="Show message preview window"
>      accel="*Control*grave"
>      type="toggle"/>
>
> Change the accel attribute to suite your needs and keyboard.

I'll try that, thanks.

poc