[Tshwanelex-l] 2 tlCorpus feature requests

[Michael Beijer]

Perfect, thanks!

Michael

*Michael Beijer*
Translator & Terminologist
(Dutch/Flemish into English)
46 Priory Street, Lewes,
East Sussex BN7 1HJ,
United Kingdom.
Tel. +44 (0)1273 483881
Mob. +44 (0)797 093 5608
michael at wordbook.nl
Skype/Twitter: michaelbeijer



On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 6:32 PM, David Joffe <david.joffe at tshwanedje.com>wrote:

> Hi Michael,
>
> If you have a chance, you can try out the latest 'beta' build
> (version 1103 or higher .. note 'beta' versions are at the bottom of
> the download page for each software application on our site) .. it
> includes the following:
>
> * A new tlCorpus option (in Tools / Options) to turn off the
> automatic 'whole word only search' option; it's slightly
> non-intuitive, but basically, toggling that option means you can
> also use the syntax I'd suggested first, i.e.:
> \[COMPANY NAME\]
> (If you use that, just remember to turn the option back to its
> default again afterwards, or all searches will be
> partial-word-matching)
>
> Also in Tools / Options:
> * New options to change width (or height) of the main search box
> (and the default width is now wider)
> * New option "Tabs/OnDoubleClick" allows you to enable closing tabs
> by double-clicking on the tab [disabled by default]
> * New option "Tabs/OnIconClick" allows you to enable closing tabs by
> clicking on the tab's icon [disabled by default]
>
> So there are two options for enabling the tab closing: Double-click
> on tab, and single on tab's *icon* ... it's not immediately clear to
> me if this second option might be useful or more annoying (e.g. I
> found I kept accidentally clicking on the icon). Anyway, you can try
> either. These options are disabled by default as I'm not sure they
> might annoy existing users, and they're still slightly experimental.
> (The 'design' might seem slightly unnecessarily obscure (e.g.
> setting the option value to '0'), there was a reason I did it that
> way, it's that I have in mind that maybe in future we might
> potentially link other 'actions' to e.g. the double-click or
> whatever instead of 'close', but anyway, that's not important.)
>
> * Right-click on 'tabs' now pops up a menu with a 'Close' tab option
>
>  - David
>
>
>
> On 10 Feb 2014 at 11:34, Michael Beijer wrote:
>
> From:   Michael Beijer <michael at wordbook.nl>
> Date sent:      Mon, 10 Feb 2014 11:34:01 +0000
> Subject:        Re: [Tshwanelex-l] 2 tlCorpus feature requests
> To:     David Joffe <david.joffe at tshwanedje.com>
> Copies to:      tshwanelex-l at mailman.yale.edu
>
> >
> > Hi David,
> >
> > I understand. Yes, double-clicking would be just as good!
> >
> > Michael
> > Michael Beijer
> > Translator & Terminologist
> > (Dutch/Flemish into English)
> > 46 Priory Street, Lewes,
> > East Sussex BN7 1HJ,
> > United Kingdom.
> > Tel. +44 (0)1273 483881
> > Mob. +44 (0)797 093 5608
> > michael at wordbook.nl
> > Skype/Twitter: michaelbeijer
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 11:09 AM, David Joffe
> > <david.joffe at tshwanedje.com> wrote:
> >
> >     > (2) Yes, I currently use Ctrl+W to close the tabs. However, there
> >     are often times
> >     > when have my mouse (well, Wacom tablet pen) in my hand and am
> >     doing something
> >     > in the UI, and would then like to quickly close a tab or several
> >     tabs. In these cases, a
> >     > little 'x' would be much quicker than having to put down my Wacom
> >     pen and click
> >     > Ctrl+W.
> >
> >     Hm, what I might be able to implement reasonably 'easily' at this
> >     point is an option to maybe allow e.g. double-clicking on a tab to
> >     close the tab. (I mean, given the limited time available (i.e. for
> >     'free changes'), it's something I can likely do relatively
> >     'quickly', while e.g. a little 'x' or something, I know might be
> >     better, but would be a bit more timeconsuming ... just looking for
> >     possibly useful solutions that I can implement relatively quickly.)
> >
> >     - David
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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