Suggestion: Auto-Correct Option

[Oliver Sahr]

Hello,

at work I am using ToDoList to track bugs and suggestions for an application an colleague of mine is programming.

One feature I really love in Word is that I just need to type "-->" and this is replaced automatically with a symbol in the font "Wingdings".
I often use this symbol in ToDoList to symbolize the consequences.

At the moment I have to press [Shift]+[´] (apostrophe) key and after that the [a] key to get the "à" character.
Then I have to select this character and change the font to "Wingdings".
Then I have the requested arrow.

Of cause I can copy this symbol if it is already in the comments of the current task.
But in most cases I don't have an arrow in the comment (I am creating a new bug report).

And even when I have such an arrow symbol in my comments I would have to move the curso up, select the arrow, copy it, move back to the position where it should be pasted and paste it.
Typing "-->" and a [blank] is much faster here.

Next advantage: users can define own entries in this list.
Like application names, names of companies or departments.

Greetings

OLLI

[Hotmail]

Tools like AutoHotKey and AutoIT would be a perfect solution for things like this.

 

http://ahkscript.org/

https://www.autoitscript.com/site/

 

Pierre

[Tony G]

And I've been using PhraseExpress for years for this as well. It's free for non-commercial use.
http://www.phraseexpress.com/
I'm crippled when it's turned off or I'm on another system.

[Hotmail]

another small Freeware to handle Text-snippets:

https://sites.google.com/site/ultratceditors/fast_typing

 

[Oliver Sahr]

Hello,

installing any separate tool just to replace the "-->" with an other symbol in Wingdings is a bit oversized.

Especially because I have to install this tool at home, at work and also give it to 3 other colleagues at work.

And I also have to deliver the "replacement definitions (what should be replaced) form those tools to all computers.

So I would prefer an internal solution.

Greetings

OLLI

[Tony G]

I believe this same request was made at CodeProject so you might want to do a search on the forum there.

My personal sentiment is that if ToDoList is enhanced to support hotkeys for text replacement, you get a single program with a cool feature. But if you install a separate utility, dedicated to the purpose, then All of the applications you use on those other systems benefit. As I said, I use this stuff all day long and it's not just with this one program.

All that said, this is Dan's software, let's see what he says.

HTH
T

[.dan.g.]

I'm sorry Olli, but this sort of functionality is beyond the scope of the comments field.

It is/was never meant to be anything more than WordPad.