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# Overview # |
Jext Menus benefit from a little explanation. Although they are similar to every menu that you see in many applications (Word, Gimp, etc...), Jext menus have an interesting feature which you usually find only in applications such as Emacs/XEmacs... Here's how such menus work. |
Each main menu (File-Edit-Search-Plugins-Jext) contains menu items (ex: Select All in Edit menu) and can contain a number of submenus (for instance the submenu Recents in main menu File). You pulldown main menus by simply clicking on them, or by using the keyboard shortcut Alt+LETTER, where LETTER is the underlined letter of the targeted menu. Because it is used so often, the File menu can be activated with the F10 key. |
Once you've pulled down the desired menu, select your menu item of choice to fire the desired action or hover your mouse over a submenu (represented by a little arrow on right) to unroll it. You may notice that some menu items have blue text displayed on their right. This serves as a reminder of the keyboard shortcut which activates this menu item. Using keyboard shortcuts can greatly improve your productivity. |
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# Menu items keyboard shortcuts # |
Keyboard shortcuts look like this: C+e. C+e means hold the Control key down and press e. There are two other modifiers: A which stands for the Alt key and S which stands for the Shift or Meta key. They can be combined: CA+s means hold down both Control and Alt, then press s. |
Sometimes you'll find strange keyboard shortcuts (Emacs users already know these). Take C+e C+m for example. This means that to activate corresponding item you have to hold down Control, press e and finally press m. |
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# Repeating actions # |
In the Edit menu the Delete Line item is activated by pressing C+d. Now imagine you would like to delete 10 lines at once... You could press C+d ten times but this is not efficient and we programmers abhor repetitive, brain-dead tasks. After all, that's what computers are for, right? Use action repetition instead and make Jext do your work for you! |
So, you want to delete 10 lines. Simply press C+ENTER 10 C+d. This sequence must be done like this: hold down Control and press ENTER, release Control, type 10 on your numeric pad on the keyboard, hold down Control and press d. |
Of course, this trick works with any number, not just 10. Even better, this trick works with any keyboard shortcut as well. |
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