Re: [libreoffice-design] A picker for symbols

> I'm thinking now on something more "complex", a sort of evolution from
> ComposeSpecialCharacter extension that can be called QuickSymbol:
> suppose a menu where you can select your more used symbols, put them
> on a table and assign to them an "alias", something like b for β, etc.
> Now, suppose that this QuickSymbol have a keyboard shortcut assigned,
> something like Alt+C: then, if you in the text type b and them press
> Alt+C the b is replaced by β. The main advantage from Compose... is,
> clearly, the ability to choose your own preferred symbols and to
> choose your preferred alias, so you do not need to rely on a
> predefined and not possible to edit replacement table full of symbols
> that you probably do not need.
> What do your think?

Your idea is definitely more quicker than going to a menu and clicking on buttons. In fact, my 
current workaround to insert frequently used symbols quickly into a text is by utilizing the 
AutoCorrect options. The ComposeSpecialCharacter and QuickSymbol approaches, although more 
specialized, sound similar to the AutoCorrect method. 

But the problem with those approaches is that the user is required to remember shortcuts and these 
features may be a little hard to discover. We still keep the Cut/Copy/Paste/Undo/Redo buttons in 
spite of their popularity, right?


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