WikidPad Editor Suggestions / Questions
AlanJ
1. In working with WikidPad today I realized the Edit menu does not
have a "Edit -> Select All" option.
This is sometimes helpful with a bunch of text that you want to
select.
2. It may already be there but.... I found the Edit -> Search and
Replace but not Edit -> Find (in one page or in the entire wiki).
Basically i was looking for the menu equivalent of CTRL-F for
incremental search in a file and a Search of the whole Wiki.
It seemed like there should be menu items for both types of searches
under the Edit menu like other systems. It my be there or somewhere
else but I did not see them.
3. On a bulleted list are there options for sub bullets that work
better? This is both for numbered bullets and non numbered bullets.
-On numbered bullets instead of doing 1., 2., 3., 4. what about 1.
2.1., 2.2., 3., 4.1.4.2, etc. The second set with sub numbers 2.1. ->
2.2. works automatically as you are typing it in, but in Preview mode
the numbers are changed to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. This looks like a bug.
-For Example on non bulleted having it support a second indent (2 not
just 1 intend for some items) would be nice.
4. Any chance of enhancing the print options so it won't just print
as "Plain text" but more of the graphical style, bold, headers,
bullets with lines that wrap indented as designed, etc
5. Almost the same as above request but in preview mode it would be
nice to be able to copy the information and the format also come with
it so one could paste it into Word, Outlook, Thunderbird, or other
graphical editor and have the formats stick or at least be close.
thanks for such a a great program!!
Alan
Michael Butscher
> I had a few suggestions / questions I wanted to share.
>
> 1. In working with WikidPad today I realized the Edit menu does not
> have a "Edit -> Select All" option.
>
> This is sometimes helpful with a bunch of text that you want to
> select.
>
> 2. It may already be there but.... I found the Edit -> Search and
> Replace but not Edit -> Find (in one page or in the entire wiki).
> Basically i was looking for the menu equivalent of CTRL-F for
> incremental search in a file and a Search of the whole Wiki.
> It seemed like there should be menu items for both types of searches
> under the Edit menu like other systems. It my be there or somewhere
> else but I did not see them.
To search a single page you can use the search and replace dialog for
searching only. If you only use "Find Next" then no replacement is done.
A separate search dialog would only be a cosmetical addition.
To search the whole wiki (or search and replace) use menu
"Wiki"->"Search Wiki...".
> 3. On a bulleted list are there options for sub bullets that work
> better? This is both for numbered bullets and non numbered bullets.
>
> -On numbered bullets instead of doing 1., 2., 3., 4. what about 1.
> 2.1., 2.2., 3., 4.1.4.2, etc. The second set with sub numbers 2.1. ->
> 2.2. works automatically as you are typing it in, but in Preview mode
> the numbers are changed to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. This looks like a bug.
>
> -For Example on non bulleted having it support a second indent (2 not
> just 1 intend for some items) would be nice.
HTML does not support this, so it would be hard to realize.
> 4. Any chance of enhancing the print options so it won't just print
> as "Plain text" but more of the graphical style, bold, headers,
> bullets with lines that wrap indented as designed, etc
Last time I tried (which was a while ago), wxWindows/wxPython (the
underlying user interface library of WikidPad) did not support printing
of very long HTML pages (created by concatenating multiple wiki pages).
But I should try it again.
> 5. Almost the same as above request but in preview mode it would be
> nice to be able to copy the information and the format also come with
> it so one could paste it into Word, Outlook, Thunderbird, or other
> graphical editor and have the formats stick or at least be close.
If you use the IE preview this should be possible (for Word and Outlook
at least).
Michael
AlanJ
> AlanJ wrote:
> > I had a few suggestions / questions I wanted to share.
>
> > 1. In working with WikidPad today I realized the Edit menu does not
> > have a "Edit -> Select All" option.
>
> > This is sometimes helpful with a bunch of text that you want to
> > select.
just no referencing menu. Not a big deal, but might be a nice add.
> > 2. It may already be there but.... I found the Edit -> Search and
> > Replace but not Edit -> Find (in one page or in the entire wiki).
> > Basically i was looking for the menu equivalent of CTRL-F for
> > incremental search in a file and a Search of the whole Wiki.
> > It seemed like there should be menu items for both types of searches
> > under the Edit menu like other systems. It my be there or somewhere
> > else but I did not see them.
>
> To search a single page you can use the search and replace dialog for
> searching only. If you only use "Find Next" then no replacement is done.
> A separate search dialog would only be a cosmetical addition.
>
> To search the whole wiki (or search and replace) use menu
> "Wiki"->"Search Wiki...".
Sorry if the Menu requests seem lame, but I am a Menu's kinda guy
sometimes doing that instead of clicking on the button on the screen.
I am one of those people that likes to have a menu item for every
button if possible.
Just something to consider for cosmetic and some usage help for odd
people like me :)
> > 3. On a bulleted list are there options for sub bullets that work
> > better? This is both for numbered bullets and non numbered bullets.
>
> > -On numbered bullets instead of doing 1., 2., 3., 4. what about 1.
> > 2.1., 2.2., 3., 4.1.4.2, etc. The second set with sub numbers 2.1. ->
> > 2.2. works automatically as you are typing it in, but in Preview mode
> > the numbers are changed to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. This looks like a bug.
>
> > -For Example on non bulleted having it support a second indent (2 not
> > just 1 intend for some items) would be nice.
>
> HTML does not support this, so it would be hard to realize.
will add the sub numbers like 2.2, 2.3 etc if it is not supported in
preview mode. Is that something that can be disabled? I would not
have even started to ask the question except for the way the help file
was numbered in bullets section.
> > 4. Any chance of enhancing the print options so it won't just print
> > as "Plain text" but more of the graphical style, bold, headers,
> > bullets with lines that wrap indented as designed, etc
>
> Last time I tried (which was a while ago), wxWindows/wxPython (the
> underlying user interface library of WikidPad) did not support printing
> of very long HTML pages (created by concatenating multiple wiki pages).
>
> But I should try it again.
improved in this area.
> > 5. Almost the same as above request but in preview mode it would be
> > nice to be able to copy the information and the format also come with
> > it so one could paste it into Word, Outlook, Thunderbird, or other
> > graphical editor and have the formats stick or at least be close.
>
> If you use the IE preview this should be possible (for Word and Outlook
> at least).
is there an easy/automated way to delete the related html page(s)
after usage so they don't clutter things if not needed.
thanks again for your hard work.
Alan
Michael Butscher
> On Apr 16, 9:04 am, Michael Butscher <mbutsc...@gmx.de> wrote:
>> AlanJ wrote:
>>> I had a few suggestions / questions I wanted to share.
>>> 1. In working with WikidPad today I realized the Edit menu does not
>>> have a "Edit -> Select All" option.
>>> This is sometimes helpful with a bunch of text that you want to
>>> select.
>
> I just realized that CTRL-A selects all text so it is the key is set,
> just no referencing menu. Not a big deal, but might be a nice add.
Will be added in next version.
>>> 2. It may already be there but.... I found the Edit -> Search and
>>> Replace but not Edit -> Find (in one page or in the entire wiki).
>>> Basically i was looking for the menu equivalent of CTRL-F for
>>> incremental search in a file and a Search of the whole Wiki.
>>> It seemed like there should be menu items for both types of searches
>>> under the Edit menu like other systems. It my be there or somewhere
>>> else but I did not see them.
>> To search a single page you can use the search and replace dialog for
>> searching only. If you only use "Find Next" then no replacement is done.
>> A separate search dialog would only be a cosmetical addition.
>>
>> To search the whole wiki (or search and replace) use menu
>> "Wiki"->"Search Wiki...".
>
> I guess I was looking for a menu item for searching the entire wiki.
>
> Sorry if the Menu requests seem lame, but I am a Menu's kinda guy
> sometimes doing that instead of clicking on the button on the screen.
> I am one of those people that likes to have a menu item for every
> button if possible.
>
> Just something to consider for cosmetic and some usage help for odd
> people like me :)
Ok, I will think about it.
>>> 3. On a bulleted list are there options for sub bullets that work
>>> better? This is both for numbered bullets and non numbered bullets.
>>> -On numbered bullets instead of doing 1., 2., 3., 4. what about 1.
>>> 2.1., 2.2., 3., 4.1.4.2, etc. The second set with sub numbers 2.1. ->
>>> 2.2. works automatically as you are typing it in, but in Preview mode
>>> the numbers are changed to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. This looks like a bug.
>>> -For Example on non bulleted having it support a second indent (2 not
>>> just 1 intend for some items) would be nice.
>> HTML does not support this, so it would be hard to realize.
>
> Ahh, i did not realize this, seem odd that WikidPad automatically
> will add the sub numbers like 2.2, 2.3 etc if it is not supported in
> preview mode. Is that something that can be disabled? I would not
> have even started to ask the question except for the way the help file
> was numbered in bullets section.
Things are inconsistent here, I know.
[...]
>>> 5. Almost the same as above request but in preview mode it would be
>>> nice to be able to copy the information and the format also come with
>>> it so one could paste it into Word, Outlook, Thunderbird, or other
>>> graphical editor and have the formats stick or at least be close.
>> If you use the IE preview this should be possible (for Word and Outlook
>> at least).
>
> Good idea, thanks for the hint...
>
> is there an easy/automated way to delete the related html page(s)
> after usage so they don't clutter things if not needed.
The temporary HTML pages used by IE preview are automatically deleted if
not needed any longer (except WikidPad terminates abnormally).
Michael