How To Quickly Bold Text Since We Can't Use CTRL+B

[Chris Morlang]

Hello Everyone,

I have figured out a way to use a shortcut to bold a selection in Mnemosyne. I got tired of typing "<b></b>" around what I wanted to bold. I don't use cloze and prefer bold instead. 

Anyway you're going to need a program called autohotkey (it's free)

Then I just created an .ahk file and typed up the following code:

#IfWinActive, Add cards
^Numpad1::

{

    Send, {CTRL Down}{x}{CTRL Up}

    Send, <b>

    Send, {CTRL Down}{v}{CTRL Up}

    Send, </b>

    Return

}

#IfWinActive, Edit card
^Numpad1::

{

    Send, {CTRL Down}{x}{CTRL Up}

    Send, <b>

    Send, {CTRL Down}{v}{CTRL Up}

    Send, </b>

    Return

}

Now when I highlight a word I press CTRL+1 (on numpad) and it automatically cuts, then types <b>, then pastes the text back, then types </b> 

You can set the shortcut to any key combination you'd like and thanks to #IfWinActive the shortcut will only work when adding cards or editing cards.

I don't do anything else to my cards but you can use autohotkey to make other shortcuts and there is a lot of help for the program if you google what you'd like to do.

[Francesco Ariis]

Hello Chis,

On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 05:34:27PM -0700, Chris Morlang wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I have figured out a way to use a shortcut to bold a selection in
> Mnemosyne. I got tired of typing "<b></b>" around what I wanted to bold. I
> don't use cloze and prefer bold instead.

Well done! I often find myself in similar situations and this was
very helpful
-F