Accidentally hit <ctl>-?. The cursor changed to a dismembered finger over a key. Does not happen in other programs. Is this a warning? "Do not hit <ctl>-? or the evil tailor will come with his big scissors and cut off your finger"?* Or what?
tcebob
*Struvvelpeter
<Ctl>-?: What does it do?
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Go to Configure - Preferences - Keyboard
Click into the edit field labeled
"Press new shortcut key".
Press Ctrl-?
Does it say
"Currently assigned to
Prefix key"
below the edit field?
If so:
In Textpad, you can have quite a lot of shortcut keys. More than you have keys. So some of them are reachable by first pressing the Prefix key, then pressing another key.
The finger-on-a-key mouse cursor shows you that Textpad expects another key-press to complete the shortcut.
I don't know how to set the prefix key to some other key (as Prefix Key does not appear in the configurable commands).
I only found a way to disable it:
assign the key to some other command.
exit Textpad.
open Textpad.
remove the assignment.
exit Textpad.
open Textpad.
Now the Prefix key is no longer in use.
But be careful. I have not yet found a way to re-enable it (which does not matter to me as I don't use it anyway).
Click into the edit field labeled
"Press new shortcut key".
Press Ctrl-?
Does it say
"Currently assigned to
Prefix key"
below the edit field?
If so:
In Textpad, you can have quite a lot of shortcut keys. More than you have keys. So some of them are reachable by first pressing the Prefix key, then pressing another key.
The finger-on-a-key mouse cursor shows you that Textpad expects another key-press to complete the shortcut.
I don't know how to set the prefix key to some other key (as Prefix Key does not appear in the configurable commands).
I only found a way to disable it:
assign the key to some other command.
exit Textpad.
open Textpad.
remove the assignment.
exit Textpad.
open Textpad.
Now the Prefix key is no longer in use.
But be careful. I have not yet found a way to re-enable it (which does not matter to me as I don't use it anyway).
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Ctrl+/ , ? (Ctrl +/ followed by ?) is by default assigned to enter an upside down ?.
Ctrl+/ , o (Ctrl +/ followed by o) is by default assigned to enter a slashed out O
There may also be other multi-key shortcuts starting with Ctrl+/ but I don't know them.
The icon you see is textpad waiting after the Ctrl+/ for you to enter the second part of the shortcut.
Ctrl+/ , o (Ctrl +/ followed by o) is by default assigned to enter a slashed out O
There may also be other multi-key shortcuts starting with Ctrl+/ but I don't know them.
The icon you see is textpad waiting after the Ctrl+/ for you to enter the second part of the shortcut.