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From: dick balaska
Subject: Re: qtpovray-3.80.5 for Linux
Date: 3 Aug 2018 12:40:19
Message: <5b648573$1@news.povray.org>
On 08/03/2018 06:38 AM, Bald Eagle wrote:
> dick balaska <dic### [at] buckosoftcom> wrote:
> 
>> You pick it up with your regular updates. It will either find it in a
>> day or two or on Mint I typed "update" in the menu search widget to
>> bring up Update Manager. Click Refresh if it's not there already.
> 
> apparently that has happened.   There is insert menu joy to be had.
> 
>>> I could also use a quick-start tip to get the extras, insert menu,  etc
>>> installed.
>>
>> I'm not sure what you mean.  Tell me where you went that didn't help.
> 
> You had asked," Did you install qtpovray-extras? "
> perhaps it is automagically done now.

Hmm, shouldn't have been.  Maybe Mint does a bit where "recommended
packages" get installed as well.  Usually it's only "required packages"
that get tacked on.

I left it as optional because it's a big 31MB. But, these days what's
31MB?  (qtpovray is 1.3MB and qtpovray-includes is 285KB)

Maybe I should make it required. This is twice it has caused confusion
and delay.

> 
> With this editor, can some sort of "hot-key" be implemented?
> I'm forever needing to look up the specific syntax of dumb things, or whole
> blocks of code.
> I used to use a MUD where you could define 10 hot keys and paste-in a fair bit
> of text - THAT would be pretty helpful.  I know - I could use a custom insert
> menu, and I do, but hot keys would be 100x faster  :)
> Just an idea.
> 
> 

I can assign the contents of a file to be pasted on a hotkey.  Sounds neat.
http://www.buckosoft.com/qtpovray/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13
Bug 13 - Implement a hotkey system to paste in code


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dik
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