Re: Sonoma 14.0 Problem
Posted: 2023-11-25 04:15:08
G'day, tammcturk et al
Very irritating, I'm sure.
First, if the errant key behavior occurs with other applications on the Mini, this to me suggests a serious flaw in Sonoma.
Next, errant key behavior can occur in a variety of contexts (including hardware malfunction), so it's as well to have one or more remedies to hand that you can use while waiting for a more permanent fix. This might be an opportune time to suggest some possibilities that don't require additional software:–
(1) Create a Keyboard Shortcut (restricted to the malfunctioning application if necessary) that maps the function of the troublesome key to an infrequently used key.
(2) Create an entry in NWP's Special Characters Palette. (For a carriage return, the easiest thing is to Show Invisibles in a document, copy a Paragraph Return character from it, and then paste it into the Character field of your Special Character.)
(3) Use a dummy string instead of the naughty character and then at a convenient time replace all occurrences of the dummy string with the desired character.
I'll elaborate on this third method. The dummy string might be something like "xzx" which is unlikely to appear in your document otherwise. It might even be an unlikely single character such as "`" which is produced by a single keypress or "∞" which is produced using a keystroke combination (Option-5 on an English keyboard). Make it easy and memorable.
When it comes to substituting the desired character for the dummy string, possibilities include:–
(1) NWP's Glossary
(2) Find and Replace (restricted to In Selection in NWP if necessary)
(3) Macroizing the Find and Replace procedure in NWP
(4) AppleScript
(5) Terminal
Dummy strings have their uses in other contexts as well, so it's worth bearing them in mind.
Cheers,
Adrian
Very irritating, I'm sure.
First, if the errant key behavior occurs with other applications on the Mini, this to me suggests a serious flaw in Sonoma.
Next, errant key behavior can occur in a variety of contexts (including hardware malfunction), so it's as well to have one or more remedies to hand that you can use while waiting for a more permanent fix. This might be an opportune time to suggest some possibilities that don't require additional software:–
(1) Create a Keyboard Shortcut (restricted to the malfunctioning application if necessary) that maps the function of the troublesome key to an infrequently used key.
(2) Create an entry in NWP's Special Characters Palette. (For a carriage return, the easiest thing is to Show Invisibles in a document, copy a Paragraph Return character from it, and then paste it into the Character field of your Special Character.)
(3) Use a dummy string instead of the naughty character and then at a convenient time replace all occurrences of the dummy string with the desired character.
I'll elaborate on this third method. The dummy string might be something like "xzx" which is unlikely to appear in your document otherwise. It might even be an unlikely single character such as "`" which is produced by a single keypress or "∞" which is produced using a keystroke combination (Option-5 on an English keyboard). Make it easy and memorable.
When it comes to substituting the desired character for the dummy string, possibilities include:–
(1) NWP's Glossary
(2) Find and Replace (restricted to In Selection in NWP if necessary)
(3) Macroizing the Find and Replace procedure in NWP
(4) AppleScript
(5) Terminal
Dummy strings have their uses in other contexts as well, so it's worth bearing them in mind.
Cheers,
Adrian