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by ddauerbach
Thu Mar 29, 2018 2:18 pm
Forum: The Nitty and the Gritty
Topic: How to forbid Hyphenation for proper noun ?
Replies: 1
Views: 4240

Re: How to forbid Hyphenation for proper noun ?

A nice feature of one of my old favorite word processors was to add what they called a soft-hyphen (it used the tilde character ~). Used in the middle of a word it overrode the hyphenation dictionary as to the right breakpoint. Used at the front of a word it suppressed hyphenation for that word. (It...
by ddauerbach
Sun May 18, 2014 2:30 pm
Forum: The Nitty and the Gritty
Topic: floating date/time in footer (or header)
Replies: 0
Views: 4756

floating date/time in footer (or header)

I'd like what is essentially a timestamp in the header or footer. I.e., a variable that picks up the current date and one that picks up the time. So, when I print a draft, or PDF it for sending around, it is time stamped. In the antediluvian XyWrite days you could spec it like this: <<daMmdyy>> at <...
by ddauerbach
Thu Feb 27, 2014 8:18 pm
Forum: Mellel
Topic: New Service, forgot my code
Replies: 12
Views: 42535

Re: New Service, forgot my code

Sent me two codes neither of which correspond to the code my copy reveals.
by ddauerbach
Tue Oct 16, 2012 2:04 pm
Forum: Mellel
Topic: Can't move the palette
Replies: 3
Views: 5226

Re: Can't move the palette

See, I was right--it was something obvious I was missing.
Thanks, that did it.
by ddauerbach
Mon Oct 15, 2012 10:34 pm
Forum: Mellel
Topic: Can't move the palette
Replies: 3
Views: 5226

Can't move the palette

I think I may be missing something obvious, but I can't grab the palette and drag it; the top has disappeared under the menu bar. I can work with it, adding and subtracting palettes but I can't move it. I thinking of diving into a plist somewhere, finding its saved coordinates and fiddling. But mayb...
by ddauerbach
Sat Sep 15, 2012 7:04 pm
Forum: Mellel
Topic: More on Mellel 3 and Spotlight
Replies: 10
Views: 11856

Re: More on Mellel 3 and Spotlight

Yep, quickview isn't working with 3.0.1
by ddauerbach
Tue Jul 17, 2012 2:17 pm
Forum: Mellel
Topic: QuickLook plug in for Mellel 3
Replies: 13
Views: 22993

Re: QuickLook plug in for Mellel 3

Has a fix been posted yet?
by ddauerbach
Thu Aug 18, 2011 12:56 pm
Forum: Mellel
Topic: Mellel 2.9 is fantastic
Replies: 15
Views: 41590

Re: Mellel 2.9 is fantastic

I've been using the β. And now 2.9. I've only been doing a small project on it, but I have to say that it has been amazingly trouble-free (makes me feel like an inadequate beta-tester). All the changes to existing capabilities are improvements; and line-numbering is very nicely implemented. (And mar...
by ddauerbach
Sat Aug 06, 2011 5:28 pm
Forum: The Nitty and the Gritty
Topic: End of Chapter notes and bibliography
Replies: 9
Views: 22726

Re: End of Chapter notes and bibliography

Yes. The "dump it here" command was how the best ever word processor used to do it. (that would be XyWrite).
by ddauerbach
Thu Jun 09, 2011 10:16 pm
Forum: Mellel
Topic: Mark words as nonhyphenable?
Replies: 6
Views: 5945

Re: Mark words as nonhyphenable?

The magnificent XyWrite of DOS days had a simple device for this: precede the word with a soft hyphen. (A soft hyphen being a character (defaulted to ~) that you inserted into a word that marked an optional hyphenation point). Soft hyphens overrode auto-hyphenation.
by ddauerbach
Sat Jan 22, 2011 9:41 pm
Forum: Mellel
Topic: update bug?
Replies: 1
Views: 2709

update bug?

The update check offers to update me from 2.8.0 build 22 to build 23. It downloads, unpacks and tells me to wait and finishes. But then, there I am at build 22 and Mellel offers to update, etc.
by ddauerbach
Fri Feb 19, 2010 12:34 am
Forum: Mellel
Topic: weird icon on update
Replies: 1
Views: 5948

weird icon on update

Instead of the usual icon I get the attached icon on the dock and on the task switcher.
by ddauerbach
Tue Sep 22, 2009 11:47 pm
Forum: The Nitty and the Gritty
Topic: Track Changes, what would you like to have?
Replies: 10
Views: 17903

Re: Track Changes, what would you like to have?

This is just *my* need: I don't need the elaborate collaborative features. Basically, I need: get a student paper, write comments/markups, return. If the student uses Mellel, good. If the student can tolerate a pdf with the markups/comments clearly indicated, fine. If the student needs a word/rtf ve...
by ddauerbach
Thu Jan 22, 2009 4:12 pm
Forum: The Nitty and the Gritty
Topic: Feature request: File compare
Replies: 0
Views: 4003

Feature request: File compare

My old greatly beloved XyWrite had a nifty file compare feature. Open two documents, hit ctrl-minus and it takes you to the first point of difference. Hit ctrl-+ and it takes you to where matching up starts again (yes, you could set a threshold for that). This would be incredibly useful and, I belie...
by ddauerbach
Mon Oct 29, 2007 3:48 pm
Forum: The Nitty and the Gritty
Topic: Quicklook, yes or no
Replies: 3
Views: 4924

Quicklook, yes or no

Have Redlers ever answered about a Quicklook plug-in for Leopard?